JP2015053264A - Electromagnetic cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To decide and control a power to be allocated to each heating part with ease even when an upper limit power for a total power of all heating parts is decided.SOLUTION: Provided is an electromagnetic cooker comprising a plurality of heating parts performing a heating operation by flowing an AC current through an induction coil. At least one of the heating parts can execute the heating operation at a heating stage selected from different heating stages. The electromagnetic cooker comprises: power information storage means describing information on combination of power in the heating operation of each heating part, for each combination of the heating stages of all the heating parts; and heating control means, when an operation for changing the combination of the heating stages of all the heating parts is executed, extracting from the power information storage means information on combination of power in the heating operation corresponding to the changed combination of the heating stages, and controlling the heating operation of each heating part. Due to a describing method of information, a power equal to or less than an upper limit power can be satisfied.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electromagnetic cooker and can be applied to, for example, a plurality of heating units that use a commercial power supply of 100V.

  Due to electromagnetic induction caused by the current flowing through the induction coil, cooking containers such as pots, kettles, and frying pans (hereinafter, various cooking containers may be collectively referred to as “pans”) generate heat and heat the liquid in the pots. As an electromagnetic cooking device for cooking, there is a conventional desktop type that can be carried, in addition to a stationary type that cannot be carried like a built-in system kitchen.

  Many desktop-type electromagnetic cookers have a single heating unit for simple applications such as boiling hot water. Moreover, the desktop type electromagnetic cooker uses a commercial power source of 100V as a power source so that the power source can be easily secured even at a portable place because of its portability.

  Recently, an electromagnetic cooker having a plurality of heating units that can be applied to cooking as a substitute for a stationary type electromagnetic cooker has been proposed as a tabletop type electromagnetic cooker. In addition, a commercial power supply of 100 V is used as a power supply (see Non-Patent Document 1). Incidentally, most of the stationary type electromagnetic cookers have a plurality of heating units and grills using a commercial power source of 200 V (see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-076997

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  A tabletop electromagnetic cooker having a plurality of heating units that use a commercial power supply of 100 V has just been provided recently, and there is still much room for improvement. In particular, it has sufficient characteristics that are different from stationary electromagnetic cookers, such as being portable (portability), a desktop type that can be used for cooking, and using a 100V commercial power supply. There is much room for improvement in consideration.

  1st this invention is an electromagnetic cooker provided with the several heating part which performs a heating operation by sending an alternating current to an induction coil, (1) At least 1 said heating part was selected from the different heating stage. (2) A power information storage describing information on the combination of powers in the heating operation of each heating unit for each combination of heating steps of all the heating units. And (3) when there is an operation of changing the combination of heating stages of all the heating units, the combination of electric powers in the heating operation corresponding to the combination of heating stages after the change from the electric power information storage means It has heating control means for taking out information and controlling the heating operation of each of the heating sections.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, the upper limit power during the heating operation in all the heating units is determined according to the power source of the electromagnetic cooker, and the basic heating operation is performed for each of the heating stages. The power information storage means has some basic information for a combination of heating stages in which the total basic power is larger than the upper limit power by a predetermined amount or a predetermined ratio. Describes information in which power is replaced with smaller power, and the total power satisfies the upper limit power, and the heating control means replaces some basic power with smaller power in the extracted information. If the information is the information, it is preferable to control the heating operation of each heating unit according to the information.

  At this time, the heating control means intermittently operates the heating operation with the basic power larger than the replaced power when the power replaced with some basic power is not any basic power. It is preferable to realize power equivalent to the replaced power.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, the upper limit power during the heating operation in all the heating units is determined according to the power source of the electromagnetic cooker, and the basic heating operation is performed for each of the heating stages. The power information storage means rejects the heating stage change operation for a combination of heating stages in which the total basic power is greater than the upper limit power by a predetermined amount or a predetermined ratio or more. It is preferable that the heating control means maintain the heating state before the change operation when the extracted information is information indicating that the change operation of the heating stage is rejected.

  In the first aspect of the present invention, any one of the heating sections is caused to execute a heating operation in a special mode corresponding to at least one of a kettle heating mode and a fried food heating mode, and the heating control means includes all the heating units described above. Corresponding to the combination of the heating stage after the change from the power information storage means on the condition that the heating operation of the special mode is not executed immediately before the operation of changing the combination of the heating stage of the part It is preferable to take out information on the combination of electric powers in the heating operation and control the heating operation of each of the heating units.

  2nd this invention is an electromagnetic cooker provided with the several heating part which performs a heating operation by sending an alternating current to an induction coil, (1) Heating operation of the water heating mode in any one said heating part (2) When the heating unit is performing a heating operation in the boiling water heating mode, the heating unit has a boiling water respecting means for prohibiting the heating operation of all the other heating units. To do.

  In the second aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that the apparatus further includes a kettle heating refusal means for refusing the start-up operation when the start-up operation is performed during the heating operation of the at least one heating unit.

  At this time, it is preferable that another heating unit different from the heating unit that performs the heating operation in the boiling water heating mode performs the heating operation in the heat retaining mode. Here, the heating unit that performs the heating operation in the water heater heating mode is the heating unit having the largest maximum power among all the heating units, and the other heating units that perform the heating operation in the heat retention mode are: Among all the heating units, it is preferable that the heating unit has the smallest maximum power.

  The third aspect of the present invention is an electromagnetic cooker including a plurality of heating units that perform a heating operation by passing an alternating current through an induction coil, and is different from the above heating unit that performs a heating operation in a boiling water heating mode. The heating unit is configured to execute a heating operation in a heat retention mode.

  4th this invention is an electromagnetic cooker provided with the some heating part which performs a heating operation by sending an alternating current to an induction coil, (1) heating operation of one of the said heating parts in fried food heating mode (2) When the heating unit is performing the heating operation in the deep-fried food heating mode, the heating unit has a fried food respecting unit that prohibits the heating operation of all the other heating units. To do.

  In the fourth aspect of the present invention, it is preferable that a frying food heating refusal means for rejecting the fried food heating operation when the fried food heating activation operation is performed during the heating operation of the at least one heating unit is preferably included.

It is preferable.

  In any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, it is preferable to operate using an external power supply of 100 V as an operation power supply.

  In any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, a portable desktop type is preferable.

  In any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the number of the heating parts is preferably three.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the electromagnetic cooker with favorable usability can be provided by selection operation of the heating part in the case of cooking etc., and selection operation surface of a heating step (thermal power).

It is a perspective view (the 1) showing the appearance of the electromagnetic cooking device of a 1st embodiment. It is a perspective view (the 2) which shows the external appearance of the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment. It is the perspective view which excluded the top plate of the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment, and was able to see the inside of a housing | casing. It is a perspective view which mainly shows the inner element of lower lid itself, and the element attached to the lower lid of the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the inner surface of the lower cover in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning etc. of the key of a touchscreen area | region in the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment, and a light emitting element. It is explanatory drawing of the heating step of the left heating part in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the heating step of the right heating part in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the heating step of the back side heating part in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing of the intermittent operation which implement | achieves the stage of low power consumption in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the electrical structure etc. which control the heating operation in the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the control action at the time of the kettle heating in the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of a heat retention mode in the electromagnetic cooking device of the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement when there exists operation which changes the combination of the heating step of three heating parts in the electromagnetic cooking device of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the step / power consumption conversion table in the electromagnetic cooker of 1st Embodiment. It is a perspective view (the 1) which shows the external appearance of the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment. It is a perspective view (the 2) which shows the external appearance of the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment. It is the perspective view which excluded the top plate of the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment, and was made to see the inside of a housing | casing. It is a perspective view which mainly shows the inner element of lower lid itself, and the element attached to the lower lid of the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the inner surface of the lower cover in the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows arrangement | positioning etc. of the key of a touchscreen area | region in the electromagnetic cooker of 2nd Embodiment, and a light emitting element. It is explanatory drawing which shows the structure of the step / power consumption conversion table in the electromagnetic cooking device of 2nd Embodiment. It is a schematic plan view of the electromagnetic cooking device of the deformation | transformation embodiment with respect to 2nd Embodiment.

(A) 1st Embodiment Hereafter, 1st Embodiment of the electromagnetic cooker by this invention is described, referring drawings. Here, the electromagnetic cooking device according to the first embodiment includes three heating units that use a commercial power supply of 100 V (here, the heating unit includes only a heating unit for induction heating, such as a radiant heater, a halogen heater, etc. It is a table-type electromagnetic cooker having a term that does not include other heating units.

  1 and 2 are perspective views showing the external appearance of the electromagnetic cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment, respectively. FIG. 1 is a perspective view in which the surface (upper surface) can be observed mainly, and FIG. It is a perspective view which can visually observe the back surface (lower surface, bottom surface) mainly.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment is generally in the shape of a thin rectangular parallelepiped box. The electromagnetic cooker 1 has a thickness of about 60 mm, for example. The electromagnetic cooker 1 mainly includes an upper lid 2 and a lower lid 3, and the upper lid 2 covers the lower lid 3 (a shape in which the side plate of the upper lid 2 is located outside the wall portion of the lower lid 3). Yes.

  The upper lid 2 includes a quadrangular top plate 4 and a skirt portion 5 formed around a side plate extending downward from the periphery of the top plate 4. The top plate 4 and the skirt portion 5 are separate members. A top plate placement portion (see reference numeral 20 in FIG. 3) for placing and adhering the peripheral portion of the lower surface of the top plate 4 is provided on the upper side plate of the skirt portion 5. 5 is integrated by bonding to form the upper lid 2.

  The top plate 4 includes a region 6 that functions as a cooking container mounting unit for mounting a pan (not shown) for cooking, and a region 7 that functions as a touch panel.

  Three sets of two concentric circles are drawn on the surface of the cooking container placing portion region 6. Regions 6A, 6B, and 6C in which a set of concentric circles is drawn (hereinafter referred to as a left region, a right region, or a back side region, or a left heating unit, a right heating unit, or a back side heating unit) may be distinguished. ) Represents that a different heating part is located below. Of the two concentric circles in each of the regions 6A, 6B, 6C, the circle with the smaller radius represents the outer periphery of a circle around which an induction coil, which will be described later, of the corresponding heating unit is wound, that is, the induction coil has a current. Represents a region where the electromagnetic induction action works by flowing. The circle with the larger radius of the two concentric circles gives an indication of the diameter of the pan that can be heated by the corresponding heating section.

  In the case of the electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment, the maximum power that can be supplied to the left heating unit 6A during heating is greater than the maximum power that can be supplied to the right heating unit 6B during heating, and the right heating unit The maximum power that can be supplied to 6B during heating is greater than the maximum power that can be supplied to the back side heating unit 6C during heating. In other words, the order that can deal with strong fire is the order of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C. Of the concentric circles outside the intersecting left region 6A and back side region 6C, the concentric circle of the left region 6A is completely drawn, whereas the concentric circle of the back side region 6C is drawn partially missing. What is intended is to make the user visually and intuitively recognize the difference in maximum heating capacity. Similarly, among the concentric circles outside the intersecting right region 6B and back side region 6C, the concentric circle of the right region 6B is completely drawn, whereas the concentric circle of the back side region 6C is partially missing. This is an attempt to make the user visually and intuitively recognize the difference in maximum heating capacity. Moreover, the difference in the radius of the circle with the larger radius of the two concentric circles also represents the difference in the maximum heating capacity.

  Unlike FIG. 1, the maximum heating capacity of the back side heating unit 6C is drawn by making the radius of two concentric circles of the back side heating unit 6C substantially the same so that the other left heating unit 6A and the right heating unit You may make it make a user recognize that it is inferior to the maximum heating capability of 6B.

  Here, although it is conceivable to arrange three heating units in a straight line on the front side, in the case of the electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment, the heating unit having the smallest heating capacity is selected for the following reason. It was arranged on the back side. When three heating parts are arranged in a straight line on the front side, the length of the electromagnetic cooker in the left-right direction becomes considerably long. Although it is a desktop type, it is used for cooking, and an electromagnetic cooker is placed and cooked at a height at which the user can easily cook. There are not many tables, desks, kitchen kitchens, etc. that can be equipped with electromagnetic cookers that are quite long in the left-right direction. It is difficult to cook if placed on the floor. On the other hand, when the heating part with the smallest heating capacity is arranged on the back side, the length in the depth direction is somewhat longer, but the length in the left-right direction can be suppressed, and such an electromagnetic cooker can be placed There are many tables. In addition, the heating section with the smallest heating capacity is often used for heat retention, warming of a chilled food, etc., and is rarely used for cooking with many movements of users such as fried foods and fried foods. Therefore, even if the heating part with the smallest heating capacity is arranged on the back side, the ease of cooking hardly occurs. In addition, when three heating units are arranged in a row in the foreground, there is a risk of burns coming into contact with a pan or the like of another heating unit during cooking using a certain heating unit. Such a fear can be reduced in the form arrangement.

  Of the two concentric circles related to the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C, a circle having a smaller radius (direct heating region) is an arbitrary point on the circumference of the skirt portion 5 The distance from any one of the side surfaces is as long as a predetermined length (here, 10 cm) or more. For example, the small circle of the left heating unit 6A has the shortest distance from the left side surface of the skirt unit 5, but is longer than a predetermined length even at the shortest distance. In addition, for example, the small circle of the right heating unit 6B has the shortest distance from the right side surface of the skirt unit 5, but the shortest distance is longer than a predetermined length, and the small circle of the back heating unit 6C is long. The shortest distance from the back side surface of the skirt portion 5 is as short as a predetermined length or longer even at the shortest distance. Here, the predetermined length (10 cm) is legally required as the distance between the heating unit of a cooking table (not limited to an electromagnetic cooker) incorporated in the system kitchen and the adjacent wall surface. Distance (Electrical Appliance and Material Safety Law). Since the electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment, which is a tabletop type, is actually unclear as to where it is placed, the law intends no matter how it is placed. The above-described distance is secured so that a safe distance from the wall surface is secured. For example, even if it is described in the manual that a predetermined length is secured as the distance between the heating unit and the nearest wall surface and the electromagnetic cooker is placed, not all users will protect, as described above. Securing a predetermined length in the product of the electromagnetic cooker 1 is preferable in the case of a desktop type.

  Although omitted in FIG. 1, letters and symbols such as “IH” are drawn at the center of two concentric circles indicating that the heating unit is located below, and the heating unit performs electromagnetic induction action. You may make it clearly show that it is the heating part utilized. In this case, it is possible to prevent the heating unit from giving the user a misunderstanding that the heating unit is caused by a radiant heater or a halogen heater.

  The touch panel region 7 is divided into a region 7A of the left heating unit 6A, a region 7B of the right heating unit 6B, and a region 7C of the back side heating unit 6C. Details of the touch panel partial regions 7A, 7B, and 7C will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The top plate 4 having the cooking container placing portion region 6 and the touch panel region 7 is composed of a single glass plate. Thereby, the top surface of the top plate 4 can be a flat surface having no irregularities, and it is possible to prevent the top plate 4 from being damaged when placing or lowering the pan, Liquids spilled from pots can be easily wiped off. In addition, even if the surface of the top plate 4 is flat, various key switches and the like to be described later can be provided by processing the glass surface similar to a commercially available tablet terminal.

  Here, the power switch 8 is not provided in the touch panel region 7, but is provided at the position of the lower lid 3 below the front side plate of the upper lid 2 and at a position close to the right side plate of the upper lid 2. . When the touch panel region 7 is provided, there is a risk that a part of the body or utensil moving for cooking may accidentally touch the power switch. However, when it is provided at the above-mentioned position, such a fear is remarkably small. Become. Moreover, it is preferable from the operativity to provide in this side. Further, the left heating unit 6A has a higher maximum power that can be supplied during heating than the right heating unit 6B, and the risk of spilling is high, but the power switch 8 is arranged to the right in the left-right direction. Is less likely to be affected by

  For example, a push switch is applied as the power switch 8. Even in the state in which the operation switch of the power switch 8 is projected most, the surface of the operation element is separated from the flat surface of the front side plate of the upper lid 2 by several mm (for example, 1 mm) to the back side. By doing in this way, even if the liquid spilled from the pot is transmitted from the top plate 4 to the near side plate of the top lid 2, it will drop from the edge of the near side plate and wet the power switch 8. Absent. Further, even if a part of the body or an instrument moves unintentionally toward the power switch 8, it hits the front side plate of the upper lid 2 and comes into contact with the power switch 8 unless it is very sharp. First of all, it is impossible.

  The lower lid 3 includes a rectangular bottom plate 9, a step portion 10 provided at the periphery of the bottom plate 9, and a wall portion (upwardly visible from the periphery of the step portion 10 (see FIGS. 1 and 2). The bottom plate 9, the step portion 10, and the wall portion are integrally formed.

  The inner surface of the side plate of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 and the outer surface of the wall portion of the lower lid 3 are adhered to each other, thereby completing the casing with the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3. Here, while the electromagnetic cooker 1 has a thickness of about 60 mm, the width in the vertical direction (thickness direction) in which the side plate of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 is in contact with the wall portion of the lower lid 3 is about 26 mm. is there. Even if an external force is applied in the direction of opening the upper lid 2 due to such wide bonding, the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3 are unlikely to be detached. Further, the width of the overlapping region between the side plate of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 and the wall portion of the lower lid 3 increases the strength of the side surface of the electromagnetic cooker 1 and increases the rigidity of the electromagnetic cooker 1. Yes.

  The bottom plate 9 of the lower lid 3 has three intake windows 11A, 11B, 11C and an exhaust window 12. Each of the intake windows 11A, 11B, and 11C includes a central opening, a plurality of concentric annular members provided around the center opening, and a linear member extending radially in the radial direction. The intake window 11A takes in ambient air into the casing by the rotation of a fan 24A (see FIG. 4) described later, and the intake window 11B surrounds the casing by the rotation of a fan 24B (see FIG. 4) described later. The intake window 11 </ b> C takes in ambient air into the housing by the rotation of a fan 24 </ b> C (see FIG. 4) described later. The exhaust window 12 is configured by arranging a plurality of slits side by side in the left-right direction, and is provided in a stepped portion 10 that connects the bottom plate 9 and the back side wall portion. Ambient air is taken into the casing from the intake windows 11A, 11B, and 11C, and the air inside the casing is discharged from the exhaust window 12. Thus, a flow path of air flow for forcibly air-cooling the casing is provided. Is formed.

  With respect to the bottom plate 9 of the lower lid 3, almost half on the back side is deeper than almost half on the near side due to the arrangement of parts (for example, a heat sink described later). In the first embodiment, this depth is Using a hollow wall made of a difference, the back side of the intake window 11C was surrounded, and a flow path 13 with air guide toward the intake window 11C was formed on the front side of the intake window 11C. In the intake window 11C, when the distance from the other intake windows 11A and 11B to the exhaust window 12 is short and the depth of the bottom plate 9 is uniform, the air immediately after being exhausted from the exhaust window 12 is used as the intake window 11C. However, in the first embodiment, the flow path from the exhaust window 12 to the intake window 11C is hardly formed, and the inconveniences as described above can be avoided.

  Legs 14 are respectively provided at the four corners and the center of the bottom plate 9, and the electromagnetic cooker 1 can be stably placed on a mounting plate (not shown) (table table top plate, system kitchen cooking table, etc.). It can be placed.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1 is thinner than the length in the left-right direction and the depth direction (for example, 560 mm × 450 mm × 60 mm), and has a center of gravity close to the placement surface. Can be realized. Further, as the top plate 4, glass having a thickness of about 4 mm is applied, and as the bottom plate 9, not a mere resin but a filler-containing resin filled with glass fibers (for example, glass-filled nylon; PA6 + GF15%) is applied. Therefore, a large weight can be obtained as compared with the volume of the housing, and a stable placement state can be realized. Further, by configuring the bottom plate 9 with a filler-containing resin filled with glass fibers, sufficient strength as the bottom plate 9 can be obtained, and mechanical resonance can be prevented. Incidentally, the upper lid 2 other than the top plate 4 is made of, for example, polycarbonate and ABS alloy resin (PC + ABS), and satisfies the strength and heat resistance.

  As described above, synthetic resin is applied as the material of the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3 excluding the top plate 3. Since a commercial power supply of 100 V smaller than the conventional one is applied, there are fewer unnecessary electromagnetic waves generated inside the casing than before, and it is not necessary to consider a shield that avoids the emission of electromagnetic waves outside the casing. Therefore, a synthetic resin can be applied as the material of the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1 has a voice guidance function, and appropriately emits voice guidance and the like from a speaker. A sound emission window 15 that emits sound and sound produced by a speaker provided inside the housing is provided at the front center portion of the bottom plate 9. The sound emission window 15 is composed of a plurality of small through holes. In the case where the sound emission window is provided on the top plate, there is a possibility that the spilled liquid may enter the housing through the sound emission window. Even when the sound emission window is provided on the front side plate, there is a possibility that the spilled liquid may enter the inside of the housing through the sound emission window, and in this case, the electromagnetic cooking is performed for the sound emission window. The thickness of the vessel 1 must be increased. Furthermore, through holes must be formed in the side plates of both the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3, and when the upper lid 2 and the lower lid 3 are integrated, they must be properly aligned. In the first embodiment, the sound emission window 15 is provided on the bottom plate 9 which is not appropriate from the viewpoint of the sound emission effect, not the direction in which the user is present. This is because the sound emission effect is greater than the disadvantage.

  FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which the top plate 4 is excluded so that the inside of the housing can be seen, and the same and corresponding parts in the above-described drawings are denoted by the same reference numerals. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing mainly the inner element of the lower lid 3 itself and the elements attached to the lower lid 3, excluding the upper lid 2, and is identical to the corresponding parts in the drawings described above. A reference numeral is attached. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the inner surface of the lower lid 3, and the same reference numerals are given to the same and corresponding parts in the above-described drawings. 3 to 5 omit electrical elements and wiring.

  As described above, the top plate mounting portion 20 for mounting and bonding the peripheral portion of the lower surface of the top plate 4 (not shown in FIGS. 3 and 4) on the side plate upper portion of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 is provided. Is provided. A region 21 on the near side of the top plate placement unit 20 is a region corresponding to the touch panel region 7 described above. This touch panel corresponding area 21 is a small window for visually recognizing the light emitting element (for example, LED) provided below, informing the operation state related to each heating unit, description of characters and figures representing the function of the key, A display area or the like is provided for notifying the timer time.

  The induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C, which are the central components of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back heating unit 6C described above, are fixed at a position below the circle with the small radius of the concentric circle set described above. Has been.

  Each induction coil 22A, 22B, 22C generates a magnetic flux around the coil due to a high frequency (for example, several tens of thousands Hz) alternating current from a corresponding inverter circuit (see reference numerals 63A to 63C in FIG. 11 described later). When the magnetic flux passes through the metal pan, an infinite number of eddy currents are generated inside the pan, and when the eddy current flows, heat is generated by the electric resistance of the pan bottom and is heated by the heat.

  Here, the induction coils 22 </ b> A, 22 </ b> B, and 22 </ b> C generate some heat due to the resistance components of the coils themselves. Further, the heat generated by the opposing pan is conducted to the top plate 4 and the induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C. That is, the vicinity of the induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C is a portion where the temperature rises during the heating operation.

  Although the detailed configuration is not shown, each inverter circuit converts a direct current obtained by rectifying a 100 V commercial power supply into an alternating current of a predetermined frequency by applying a plurality of switching semiconductor elements for power control. Is. For example, an insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) is used as the semiconductor element for power control. Since the IGBT is switched at a high frequency, the IGBT generates a large amount of heat during operation.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1 has two heat sinks 23A and 23BC.

  Each of the heat sinks 23A and 23BC includes a substrate, a plurality of fins extending in the depth direction integrally provided on the upper portion, and a smaller number of fins than the upper portion extending in the depth direction integrally provided on the lower portion of the substrate. Have. Each of the heat sinks 23A and 23BC is provided in a place deeper than the bottom plate 9. A plurality of IGBTs that constitute an inverter circuit for the induction coil 22A are mounted at the center in the left-right direction below the heat sink 23A substrate where no fins are provided. The heat sink 23A is disposed closer to the left side plate than below the induction coil 22A. A plurality of IGBTs constituting an inverter circuit for the induction coil 22B and a plurality of inverter circuits for the induction coil 22C are provided in the central portion in the left-right direction below the heat sink 23BC substrate where no fins are provided. IGBT is mounted. The heat sink 23BC is disposed closer to the right side plate from below the induction coil 22B.

  As described above, the electromagnetic cooking device 1 according to the first embodiment has the number of heat sinks (= 2) smaller than the number of inverter circuits (in other words, heating units (induction coils)) (= 3), The size is reduced and simplified. Here, the two inverter circuits sharing the same heat sink 23BC are for driving the two induction coils 22B and 22C having the smaller maximum heating capacity among the three induction coils, and among the three Of the two combinations, the combination has the smallest amount of heat, and even if the heat sink 23BC is shared, the heat dissipation is not a problem. The heat sink 23BC is air-cooled by an intake air flow by a fan 24B, which will be described later. As will be described later, when the fan 24B operates only the induction coil 22B, it operates when only the induction coil 22C is operated. In this respect, the heat dissipation is not a problem even if the heat sink 23BC is shared.

  In order to intake air through the intake windows 11A, 11B, and 11C described above, fans 24A, 24B, and 24C are provided corresponding to the intake windows 11A, 11B, and 11C, respectively. Wall portions 25A, 25B, and 25C are provided so as to be erected upward from a substantially semicircle on the near side of the outer circumferential circle of the intake windows 11A, 11B, and 11C, and the upper portions of the respective wall portions 25A, 25B, and 25C Bridge plates 26A, 26B, and 26C passing through the upper part of the center of the outer circumference circle are provided. Corresponding fans 24A, 24B, and 24C are attached to the center portions of the lower surfaces of the bridge plates 26A, 26B, and 26C.

  The direction of the rotation axis of each fan 24A, 24B, 24C is the normal direction of the center of the corresponding circular induction coil 22A, 22B, 22C (in other words, heating unit) that the fans 24A, 24B, 24C are responsible for cooling. It is off. When the rotation axis directions of the fans 24A, 24B, and 24C coincide with the center normal directions of the corresponding induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C, the flow by the intake air is in all directions and does not face the exhaust window 12. Although a flow is likely to occur, the above-described axial shift makes it easy to create an air flow toward the exhaust window 12 below the induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C.

  The guide plates 27A, 27B, and 27C are erected on the bottom plate 9 so that the airflow generated by the fans 24A, 24B, and 24C is directed toward the induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C even with the above-described axial deviation.

  The airflow generated by the fan 24A is used for cooling the induction coil 22A and the heat sink 23A. The airflow generated by the fan 24C is used for cooling the induction coil 22C and the heat sink 23BC. When the airflow used for cooling such two types of locations flows in a biased manner in one location, the other location is not sufficiently cooled. In the first embodiment, the airflow distribution plates 28A and 28BC are erected on the bottom plate 9 so that the airflow can be distributed in two places with good balance.

  The wall portions 25A, 25B, 25C, the bridge plates 26A, 26B, 26C, the guide plates 27A, 27B, 27C and the airflow distribution plates 28A, 28BC described above are not in contact with the top plate 4, thereby causing heat accumulation. I try to prevent what I can do.

  Here, since the number of fans 24A, 24B, and 24C is made the same as the number of induction coils 22A, 22B, and 22C, sufficient cooling can be achieved. Moreover, a small fan can be applied as each fan, and the whole electromagnetic cooker 1 can be reduced in size and simplified.

  Since the electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment operates with a commercial power supply of 100 V, a power transformer (not shown) that obtains power for driving the fans 24A, 24B, and 24C can also be made small. The electromagnetic cooker 1 can contribute to downsizing and weight reduction. If the power transformer is small, a light screw can be used for attaching the power transformer.

  As described above, the peripheral edge of the top plate 4 is supported by the top plate mounting portion 20. In addition, the central portion of the top plate 4 is supported by one or a plurality of support pillars 29 (FIGS. 3 and 4 show two cases). The support column 29 is composed of a column main body (see FIG. 5) standing on the bottom plate 9 and a cushion portion made of, for example, silicon rubber attached to the upper portion of the column main body.

  Although forced air cooling is performed as described above, high temperature is conducted via the top plate 4 below the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C. For example, in a situation where the pan is at 80 ° C., the temperature below it is high even if forced air cooling is performed. When exposed to such a high temperature, there is a possibility that the member deteriorates due to aging and does not function. In the first embodiment, the support column 29 that contacts the top plate 4 is provided so as to be shifted from below the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C so as to prevent the support column 29 from deteriorating. I have to. In addition, due to the deviation, the free space is effectively used.

  Here, as a member for supporting the central portion of the top plate 4, it is conceivable to use a wall instead of a column (support column 29), but it may hinder the flow of a desired air flow, the left heating unit 6A, It is difficult to provide a wall requiring a length at a position shifted from the lower side of the right heating unit 6B and the back heating unit 6C, and it is preferable to apply the support column 29 as described above.

  The electromagnetic cooking device 1 operates with a commercial power supply of 100V. For this reason, the fans 24A, 24B, and 24C are also adapted for 100V. When compared with an electromagnetic cooker operating with a commercial power supply of 200 V, the applied fans 24A, 24B, and 24C can be made small, and the quietness can be improved. Although the air flow created by the fan is weakened by the size of the fans 24A, 24B, and 24C, sufficient air cooling can be achieved by optimizing the flow path as described above.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of key switches (hereinafter simply referred to as keys) and light emitting elements in the touch panel area 7.

  As described above, the touch panel region 7 is divided into the region 7A related to the left heating unit 6A, the region 7B related to the right heating unit 6B, and the region 7C related to the back side heating unit 6C.

  The left heating unit touch panel area 7A includes a “heating” key 30 for instructing on (on) / off (off) normal heating in the left heating unit 6A, and on / off (off) of boiling water heating in the left heating unit 6A. ) For instructing the hot water heating in the left heating unit 6A, the fried food key 32 for instructing on / off of the fried food heating, and the steps of normal heating and fried food heating in the left heating unit 6A. A “strong” key 33 for instructing to increase the level by one level, a “weakly” key 34 for instructing to decrease the level of the normal heating or deep-fried food heating in the left heating unit 6A by one level, and a timer timing in the left heating unit 6A Is provided with a “+” key 35 for instructing to increase the time by one unit, and a “−” key 36 for instructing to shorten the time measured by the timer in the left heating unit 6A by one unit.

  Further, the touch panel region 7A for the left heating unit indicates that the light emitting element 37 indicating that normal heating is selected, the light emitting element 38 indicating that kettle heating is selected, and fried food heating are selected. A light-emitting element 39 to be displayed, a stage display unit 40 including six light-emitting elements for displaying a stage selected by normal heating or fried food heating, and a numerical display unit for displaying a remaining time of a timer, a temperature at the time of frying food heating, and the like 41. The number display unit 41 also includes an indicator that indicates whether the displayed number is the time when the remaining time of the timer is the temperature during frying.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a heating stage in the left heating unit 6A. In addition, even if the stage display part 40 represents the 1st stage, the content which is meant at the time of normal heating and the time of fried food heating differs. The same applies to the second to sixth stages.

  The first to sixth stages during normal heating of the left heating unit 6A represent differences in power consumption, and the first to sixth stages are basically 100W, 300W, 500W, 700W, 900W, It is associated with power consumption of 1350W (1400W may be applied instead of 1350W). Incidentally, since the electromagnetic cooker 1 of 1st Embodiment operate | moves with a commercial power supply of 100V, the sum total of the power consumption of three heating parts, 6A of left heating parts, 6B of right heating parts, and the back side heating part 6C, is calculated. There is a restriction that it must be approximately 1400 W or less. The 1st-6th stage at the time of deep-fried food heating of 6 A of left heating represents the difference in fried food temperature, and the 1st-6th stages are 150 ° C, 160 ° C, 170 ° C, 180 ° C, 190 ° C, respectively. Corresponding to a temperature of 200 ° C. The temperature at the selected stage is displayed on the number display unit 41.

  In the case of this first embodiment, the allocated power consumption at each stage during normal heating is not constant, and FIG. 7 shows the basic allocation, and different power consumption may be allocated even at the same stage. It is a feature. For example, the basic allocated power consumption in the fifth stage is 900 W, but actually, the heating operation may be performed with the power consumption of 800 W. The same applies to the right heating unit 6B and the back heating unit 6C as well as the left heating unit 6A. The feature that such power consumption during actual operation may be different from basic allocated power consumption will be described later.

  The touch panel area 7B for the right heating unit is to increase the level of the normal heating in the right heating unit 6B by “heating” key 43 for instructing on (on) / off (off) normal heating in the right heating unit 6B. The “strong” key 44 for instructing, the “weak” key 45 for instructing to lower the normal heating stage in the right heating unit 6B by one step, and the timer time in the right heating unit 6B being increased by one unit. And a “−” key 47 for instructing to shorten the time measured by the timer in the right heating unit 6B by one unit.

  Further, the right heating unit touch panel region 7B includes a light emitting element 48 indicating that normal heating is selected, a stage display unit 49 including four light emitting elements that display a stage selected by normal heating, And a number display unit 50 for displaying the remaining time of the timer.

  FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the heating stage in the right heating unit 6B. The number of heating stages in the right heating unit 6B is four, and the maximum heating capacity is smaller than the number of stages (= 6) of the left heating unit 6A that is larger than the right heating unit 6B.

  The first to fourth stages during normal heating of the right heating unit 6B also represent differences in power consumption, and the first to fourth stages basically each consume 100 W, 300 W, 500 W, and 700 W. Is associated with.

  The back side heating unit touch panel area 7C cyclically switches between a “heating” key 52 for instructing on (on) and off (off) heating in the back side heating unit 6C and a heating mode in the back side heating unit 6C. "Heading adjustment" key 53 for instructing, "+" key 54 for instructing to increase the timer time in the back side heating unit 6C by one unit, and the timer time in the back side heating unit 6C A “−” key 55 for instructing shortening by one unit is provided.

  Further, the back side heating unit touch panel region 7C includes a light emitting element 56 indicating that heating is selected, a mode display unit 57 including three light emitting elements that indicate which heating mode is selected, A number display unit 58 for displaying the remaining time of the timer. There are three types of heating modes related to the back side heating unit 6C. That is, a “warming” mode intended to keep warm, a “strong” mode which is a larger stage of the two heating stages related to the back side heating unit 6C, and a two stage heating stage related to the back side heating part 6C. There is a “weak” mode, which is the smaller stage.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a heating stage in the back side heating unit 6C. Note that the number of heating stages in the rear heating unit 6C is two stages as described above, and the maximum heating capacity of the left heating unit 6A (= 6) larger than that of the rear heating unit 6C or the right heating unit 6B. Less than the number of steps (= 4).

  The first stage (weak) and the second stage (strong) during normal heating of the back side heating unit 6C also represent the difference in power consumption. The first and second stages are basically 100 W, Corresponding to power consumption of 300W.

  The touch panel area 7 is also provided with a light emitting element 60 that represents the on / off state of the power switch 8 and a light emitting element 61 for alerting to "high temperature" determined from the operation mode, the heating stage of a predetermined heating unit, and the like. Yes.

  In the case of this 1st Embodiment, the temperature sensor (not shown) with a wide detection range only in the left heating part 6A in which the structure of the said electromagnetic cooker 1 is small and simplification and fried food heating or kettle heating is possible. The right heating unit 6B and the back side heating unit 6C are provided with a temperature sensor (not shown) that detects a predetermined temperature (or a predetermined temperature) or a temperature sensor with a narrow detection range. (Not shown) is provided. Therefore, only the left heating unit touch panel area 7A can cope with the temperature display.

  In the case of the first embodiment, the drive structure of the left heating unit 6A (induction coil 22A), the right heating unit 6B (induction coil 22B), and the back side heating unit 6C (induction coil 22C) is small, Easy going. Therefore, for each heating unit 6A, 6B, 6C, the number of power consumption stages that can be provided by the drive configuration is smaller than the number of power consumption stages that can be selected. Even in such a situation, in order to realize all the selectable power consumption levels, in the first embodiment, the power consumption is smaller than the power consumption at the time of operation on by intermittent operation of the predetermined power consumption. Is created in a pseudo manner.

  For example, for the left heating unit 6A (the induction coil 22A), the minimum power that can be provided by the drive configuration is 500 W, and when the second stage of 300 W is selected, the drive is 500 W. Is continuously performed for 6 seconds, then stopped for 4 seconds (in other words, 0 W drive is continuously performed for 4 seconds), and intermittent operation with such a period of 10 seconds is performed on average. A driving state equivalent to driving with power consumption of 300 W is formed. FIG. 10 is an explanatory view showing an image of such intermittent operation.

  Such intermittent operation is executed for the left heating unit 6A when power consumption of 100 W, which is the first stage, is selected, and after driving 500 W continuously for 4 seconds, it is stopped for 15 seconds ( In other words, 0W drive is continuously performed for 4 seconds), and by performing such intermittent operation with a period of 19 seconds, it is equivalent to driving with power consumption of 105W (≈100W) on average. A driving state is formed. In addition, the intermittent operation is performed when the first heating power of 100 W, which is the first stage, is selected for the right heating unit 6B, and the driving of the minimum power consumption 300 W that can be provided by the driving configuration of the right heating unit 6B is performed. After continuously performing for 6 seconds, by stopping for 12 seconds and performing intermittent operation with such a period of 18 seconds, a driving state equivalent to driving with 100 W of power consumption on average is formed. ing. Further, the intermittent operation is performed when the power consumption of 100 W, which is a weak stage, is selected for the back side heating unit 6C, and driving of the minimum power consumption 300 W that can be provided by the drive configuration of the right heating unit 6A is performed. After continuously performing for 6 seconds, by stopping for 12 seconds and performing intermittent operation with such a period of 18 seconds, a driving state equivalent to driving with 100 W of power consumption on average is formed. ing.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration and the like for controlling the heating operation in the electromagnetic cooking device 1.

  The 100V commercial power supply 70 is converted into direct current by the rectifier circuit 71, and then the power is distributed by the power distributor 42 under the control of the control unit 45, and the inverter circuit 73A, 73B, 73C drives high frequency drive AC. A current is formed and supplied to the induction coils 22A, 22B, 22C (see FIG. 3) to generate an alternating magnetic field as appropriate, so that the pan facing the induction coils 22A, 22B, 22C is self-heated with the top plate 4 interposed therebetween. Has been made.

  Here, the control unit 74 includes, for example, a CPU 74a, a ROM (may be a rewritable ROM such as an EEPROM) 74b, a RAM 74c (of course, may include other elements), and the like. It is composed of a microcomputer, and is connected to each part via an interface part 75 so that various signals can be exchanged. For example, the control unit 74 is not only connected to the power distributor 72 and the inverter circuits 73A, 73B, and 73C via the interface unit 75, but also includes a touch panel unit 76 (see FIG. 6 described above) and various sensor groups. 77 and the above-described fan group 78 (see reference numerals 24A to 24C in FIG. 4; here, not only the blade portion but also a driver configuration that rotates is referred to as “fan”). Note that the control unit 74 operates by supplying power when a power switch (not shown) (not shown) in FIG. 1 is turned on. Also, in FIG. 11, the illustration of the configuration related to the voice guidance function is omitted.

  In FIG. 11, the interface unit 75 is illustrated as one interface unit, but a separate interface unit may be prepared for each connection target with the control unit 74.

  In the control unit 74, the CPU 74a performs various controls while using the RAM 74c as a working memory based on a program and fixed data stored in the ROM 74b, an input signal from each unit, a current state, and the like. For example, as the current state, any one of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back heating unit 6C is performing a heating operation, a heating operation or a heating mode of the heating unit or a heating mode (fried food heating mode, water heater) The heating mode, the heat retention mode, the normal heating mode, etc.) are written in the RAM 74c and managed. As an input signal to the control part 74, the operation signal of the key in the touch panel part 76, detection temperature signals, such as a temperature sensor, etc. can be mentioned. Examples of the output signal to the control unit 74 include an on / off control signal for a light emitting element in the touch panel unit 76, a display control signal for a numeric display unit in the touch panel unit 76, and a drive control signal for the fans 24A to 24C. The control unit 74 is also provided with a processing program that functions as a soft timer. When the timer is set for the left heating unit 6A or the right heating unit 6B, the CPU 74a sets a soft timer so as to count the set time. It is activated. Also, when executing the above-described intermittent operation, a soft timer for timing the ON period and the OFF period in the intermittent operation is started as appropriate. Instead of the soft timer, a hard timer may be applied.

  Hereinafter, the heating operation in several operation modes of the electromagnetic cooker 1 will be described.

  Although not mentioned in the individual description of each operation mode, the control unit 74 controls the rotation of the fans 24A to 24C as follows. When any one of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C is heating, the control unit 74 rotates all the fans 24A to 24C, and the left heating unit 6A, Even when all of the right heating unit 6B and the back side heating unit 6C change so as not to perform the heating operation, the control unit 74 determines that all the fans until a predetermined time elapses from the time point based on the timing of the built-in timer. The rotation of 24A to 24C is continued, and the rotation is terminated when a predetermined time has elapsed. In the case of the first embodiment, the control unit 74 does not control the rotation speed of the fans 24A to 24C, and the control unit 74 controls only on / off of rotation of the fans 24A to 24C.

  Thus, a sufficient cooling effect can be obtained even when a small simple fan is applied, and reliability can be improved because a small simple fan is applied.

  First, the fried food heating operation in the left heating unit 6A will be described. In addition, out of the total power consumption 1400W that can be applied to the electromagnetic cooker 1, in the deep-fried food heating, the maximum power consumption 1350W in the left heating unit 6A is applied, so the right heating unit 6B and the back side heating unit 6C perform heating operations. Can not.

  When the “fried food” key 32 is operated in a state where none of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C is in a heating operation, the control unit 74 sets a default level (for example, , The fourth stage) is set, the temperature of the stage is displayed on the number display unit 41, and then the frying heating stage is switched according to the operation of the "strong" key 33 or the "weak" key 34, and the numerical display The display temperature of the unit 41 is also updated to a temperature corresponding to the switched stage. In addition, the control unit 74 causes the left heating unit 6A to be heated at the maximum power consumption 1350 W and reaches the temperature at which the detection temperature of the temperature sensor is set from the time when fried food heating is selected. Thereafter, the heating operation of the left heating unit 6A is controlled so as to maintain the temperature.

  A description of the control operation of the control unit 74 when the “fried food” key 32 is operated during the heating of the deep-fried food to end the heating of the deep-fried food will be omitted.

  Next, the operation of boiling water heating in the left heating unit 6A will be described. In addition, out of the total power consumption 1400W that can be applied to the electromagnetic cooker 1, in the boiling water heating, the maximum power consumption 1350W in the left heating unit 6A is applied, so the right heating unit 6B and the back side heating unit 6C are heated. Can be selected when not. In addition, in boiling water heating, the user cannot switch the heating stage, and the user cannot use the timer function.

  When the “water heater” key 31 is operated in a state in which none of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C is operating, the control unit 74 causes the left heating unit 6A to move to its maximum. The heating operation is performed at a power consumption of 1350 W, waiting for the temperature to rise to a predetermined temperature, and then the heating is stopped. Hereinafter, an example of the boiling water heating operation will be described more specifically with reference to FIG.

  When the “water heater” key 31 is operated, the control unit 74 starts the processing shown in FIG. First, the control unit 74 heats the left heating unit 6A with its maximum power consumption of 1350 W and starts measuring time with a built-in timer (step S100).

  When the time is 5 minutes, the control unit 74 takes in the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and determines it (step S101). When the detected temperature is 50 ° C. or lower while heating for 5 minutes, the control unit 74 performs a stop process or the like as a heating abnormality (step S102). When the detected temperature is higher than 70 ° C., the control unit 74 switches to heating with power consumption of 300 W (second stage) (step S103). If the detected temperature is greater than 50 ° C. and less than or equal to 70 ° C. after 5 minutes have elapsed, the control unit 74 continues the heating operation with the maximum power consumption of 1350 W.

  When the measured time is 7 minutes, the control unit 74 determines whether or not the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds 75 ° C. (step S104). When the detected temperature is higher than 75 ° C., the control unit 74 switches to heating with power consumption of 300 W (second stage) (step S103). When the measured time is 7 minutes, if the detected temperature is 75 ° C. or lower, the control unit 74 continues the heating operation with the maximum power consumption of 1350 W.

  Thereafter, the control unit 74 monitors that the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds 85 ° C. (step S105). When the detected temperature is higher than 85 ° C., the control unit 74 switches to heating with power consumption of 300 W (second stage) (step S103). On the other hand, when the measured time reaches 10 minutes without the detected temperature becoming higher than 85 ° C., the control unit 74 switches to heating with power consumption of 300 W (second stage) (step S103).

  The controller 74 stops the heating operation at the time of boiling water when the time counted from the point of switching to the heating with the power consumption of 300 W (second stage) becomes 2 minutes (step S106).

  When the amount of water supplied to the kettle is small, the detected temperature exceeds 70 ° C. when the time has elapsed for 5 minutes. At this time, even if the heating is switched to the second stage of heating at 300 W for 2 minutes, the kettle is not heated. The target temperature can be reached. When the amount of water supplied to the kettle is medium, the detected temperature exceeds 75 ° C. when the time is elapsed for 7 minutes. At this time, even when switching to the second stage heating of heating at 300 W for 2 minutes, The water heater can reach the target temperature. When the amount of water supplied to the kettle is large, when the detected temperature exceeds 85 ° C. before 10 minutes have elapsed, the switch to the second stage of heating at 300 W for 2 minutes, and the kettle is the target Aim to reach the temperature to be. When the amount of water supplied to the kettle is very large, the detected temperature does not reach 85 ° C. even if the timing is 10 minutes, but the target is to switch to the second stage of heating at 300 W for 2 minutes and the kettle is heated. It is handled as if the temperature is reached.

  Consider the case where the processing when the timed time in FIG. 12 is 5 minutes and 7 minutes is omitted and the detection temperature reaches 85 ° C. is monitored. In this case, even when the amount of water is small, it waits for the detected temperature to reach 85 ° C. and switches to the second stage heating, and switches to the second stage heating compared to the case of FIG. Becomes slower. As shown in FIG. 12, even after switching to the second stage heating at a temperature exceeding 75 ° C. after 5 minutes, the amount of water is small, so even in the second stage heating with 300 W, the temperature is increased to 85 ° C. after 2 minutes. We can guess that it has reached.

  The monitoring of the detected temperature every predetermined time is not limited to twice as shown in FIG. For example, in addition to the processing of FIG. 12, it may be confirmed whether the detected temperature exceeds 72.5 ° C. when the time measured has elapsed for 6 minutes.

  As described above, in the water heater heating in the left heating unit 6A, the heating operation of the right heating unit 6B and the back side heating unit 6C is prohibited, so that even a water heater with high power consumption is operated without dropping the breaker. Can do.

  Next, the operation in the heat retaining mode in the back side heating unit 6C will be described with reference to FIG.

  It is presumed that the heat retention mode is mostly applied to the purpose of keeping hot water warm. Since the left heating unit 6A can perform boiling water heating, it is conceivable that the left heating unit 6A has a heat retention mode. However, the left heating unit 6A has the highest heating capacity (maximum power consumption) among the three heating units, and is likely to be applied to various types of cooking. The fact that only one of them can be allowed at the time becomes that the usability of the electromagnetic cooking device 1 is poor. Therefore, in this first embodiment, the hot water boiled by boiling water heating of the left heating unit 6A is kept at the back side heating unit 6C having the lowest heating capacity (maximum power consumption) among the three heating units, If necessary, the left heating unit 6A can be applied to cooking.

  When the “heat adjustment” key 53 is operated several times to select the heat retention mode (selection may be rejected as will be described later, it is assumed that the selection is made without being rejected here). The unit 74 starts the process shown in FIG. First, the control unit 74 causes the back side heating unit 6C to perform a heating operation for 1 minute with a power consumption of 300 W (step S150). Thereafter, the control unit 74 stops heating when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor exceeds a first predetermined temperature (for example, 75 ° C.), and if the temperature detected by the temperature sensor falls below the second predetermined temperature (for example, 65 ° C.). Heating with power consumption of 300 W is resumed (steps S151 to S154). By such an operation, the temperature of the heat retaining object is maintained between the first and second predetermined temperatures.

  Next, an operation when there is an operation (including an operation of starting heating of any one heating unit) to change the combination of heating stages of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back heating unit 6C. This will be described with reference to FIG.

  Here, the operation of changing the combination of the heating steps is the operation of the “strong” key 33 or “weak” key 34 in the left heating unit 6A, and the “strong” key 44 or “weak” key 45 in the right heating unit 6B. Operation, operation of the “heating adjustment” key 53 for step switching in the rear heating unit 6C, operation of turning on the “heating” key 30 for applying the default step in the left heating unit 6A, and application of the default step in the right heating unit 6B The “heating” key 43 to be turned on, the “heating” key 52 to be turned on to apply the default stage in the rear heating unit 6C, the “heating” key 30 to be turned off to end the heating in the left heating unit 6A, and the right heating. OFF operation of “heating” key 43 for ending heating in section 6B, and OFF of “heating” key 52 for ending heating in back side heating section 6C Work, on the operation of the "fried" key 32 in the left heating unit 6A, and the like "kettle" key 31 of the on-operation of the left heating unit 6A.

  In addition, since switching of the preset temperature concerning fried food heating is not accompanied by switching of power consumption, it shall not be included in the operation which changes the combination of a heating step here.

  If there exists operation which changes the combination of a heating step, the control part 74 will start the process shown in FIG. First, the control unit 74 determines a new heating state obtained by the current operation (step S200).

  When the “fried food” key 32 is turned on and heating of the deep-fried food is requested, the control unit 74 determines one or more of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back heating unit 6C before the operation. Whether or not the heating operation has been executed is determined (step S201). If the heating operation is performed in any one or more of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C before the operation, the control unit 74 sets a new heating state (in this case, fried food heating ) Is executed (step S202), and the process returns to a state of waiting for an operation by the user. For example, after the light emitting element 39 for displaying the state of fried food heating is blinked for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), the light emitting element 39 is turned off to notify the switching rejection. In addition, switching rejection is also notified by voice guidance. On the other hand, before the operation, if the heating operation is not performed in all of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C, the control unit 74 uses the power consumption applied to the left heating unit 6A to heat the fried food. After switching to the power consumption at the time and starting the above-described fried food heating process (processing routine) (step S203), the process returns to a state of waiting for an operation by the user. When the fried food heating process is started, the fried food heating mode is turned on.

  In addition, when the “water heater” key 31 is turned on and water heater heating is requested, the control unit 74 selects any one of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C before the operation. Whether or not the heating operation has been executed is determined (step S204). If the heating operation is performed in any one or more of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C before the operation, the control unit 74 sets a new heating state (in this case, boiling water heating) ) Is executed (step S205), and the process returns to the state of waiting for an operation by the user. For example, after the light emitting element 38 that displays the state of boiling water and heating is blinked for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), the light emitting element 38 is turned off to notify the switching rejection. In addition, switching rejection is also notified by voice guidance. On the other hand, if the heating operation is not performed in all of the left heating unit 6A, the right heating unit 6B, and the back side heating unit 6C before the operation, the control unit 74 boils and heats the power consumption applied to the left heating unit 6A. After switching to the power consumption at the time and starting the above-described boiling water heating process (process routine) (step S206), the process returns to a state of waiting for an operation by the user. At the start of the water heating process, the water heating mode is turned on.

  When a new combination of heating steps other than the deep-fried food heating or the kettle heating is obtained, the control unit 74 determines whether the deep-fried food heating or the kettle heating is being performed (step S207). That is, it is determined whether or not the deep-fried food heating mode or the kettle heating mode is set to ON. If the fried food is being heated or the kettle is being heated, the control unit 74 executes a process for rejecting the new heating state (step S208), and returns to a state of waiting for an operation by the user. In many cases of such refusal, the heating key 43 of the right heating unit 6B is turned on or the heating key 52 of the back heating unit 6C is turned on during fried food heating or boiling water heating. Is the case. In fried food heating and kettle heating, the heating operation of the other heating units 6B and 6C is rejected in order to heat the left heating unit 6A with the maximum power of 1350W. After the light emitting elements 48 and 56 corresponding to the heating keys 43 and 52 blink for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), the light emitting elements 48 and 56 are turned off and switching is rejected (the right heating unit 6B or the back side heating unit 6C). Refusal of heating start-up). In addition, switching rejection is also notified by voice guidance.

  When a new combination of heating steps other than fried food heating or kettle heating is required when fried food heating or kettle heating is not being performed, the controller 74 uses the combination of heating steps to be switched as a key to read out the ROM 74b. 15, a new combination of power consumption is taken in from the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 (FIG. 15 shows a part of the table) as shown in FIG. 15 (step S209). And the control part 74 discriminate | determines whether the information taken out from the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 is the information which refuses the combination of the heating stage which it is going to switch (step S210).

  If the information is to be rejected, the control unit 74 executes a process at the time of rejection (step S211) and returns to a state of waiting for an operation by the user. For example, after the light emitting element corresponding to the stage after switching directly corresponding to the operation blinks for a predetermined time (for example, 2 seconds), the light emitting element is turned off to notify the switching rejection. If the “strong” key 44 is operated to switch the heating stage of the right heating unit 6B from the third stage to the fourth stage, if the switching is rejected, the light emitting elements until the fourth stage flash. After being executed for a predetermined time, the light emitting elements corresponding to the fourth stage are turned off, and the light emitting elements up to the third stage are returned to the original lighting state. In addition, switching rejection is also notified by voice guidance.

  If the information extracted from the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 is information that allows a combination of heating stages to be switched, the controller 74 determines the power consumption applied to each of the heating parts 6A, 6B, and 6C as permissible information. Is switched to the power consumption specified by (step S212), and returns to the state of waiting for an operation by the user.

  FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80. In FIG. 15, the heating stage is expressed by the term “thermal power”. FIG. 15 shows a part of the table portion in which the heating stage of the left heating unit 6A is the fifth stage. Although not shown, the heating stage of the left heating unit 6A is the first stage to the first stage. There are also table parts for the 4th and 6th stages. 15A shows a combination of heating stages, FIG. 15B shows a combination of basic power consumption at each stage, and shows a combination of power consumption actually instructed to each heating unit. Although it is as shown in FIG. 15C, the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 includes the items of FIG. 15A and FIG. 15C, and the “total” column in FIG. not exist. FIG. 15B is written for reference of the explanation. The combination described as “switching refusal” in FIG. 15C is a combination that rejects switching. In such a combination, the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 includes each heating unit. Describes that it is not a combination of power consumption actually instructed but a combination to be rejected.

  Since the electromagnetic cooker 1 of 1st Embodiment operate | moves with a commercial power supply of 100V, it requires that the sum total of the power consumption of 6 A of left heating parts, the right heating part 6B, and the back side heating part 6C is 1400W or less. Even if the combination of each heating stage exceeds 1400 W in the total of the basic allocated power consumption of that stage, if the amount exceeds 200 W, the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 In accordance with the description, a new heating stage combination is allowed. Naturally, since the total power consumption of the basic allocation exceeds 1400 W, power consumption smaller than the basic power consumption is allocated to some heating units, not the basic power consumption for the heating stage.

  In the basic power consumption allocation of the electromagnetic cooking device 1 of the first embodiment, the maximum power consumption (sixth stage) of the left heating unit 6A is 1350 W, and the left heating unit 6A selects the sixth stage. As described above, according to the description of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80, selection of any heating stage of the other heating units 6B and 6C is rejected.

  On the other hand, when the left heating unit 6A has selected a stage other than the sixth stage, a new consumption is obtained by selecting the heating stage of the other heating units 6B and 6C according to the description of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80. The combination of power is rejected, the power consumption is changed from the basic value and allowed, or the basic power consumption is applied and allowed.

  For example, when the combination of the new heating stage is the fifth stage for the left heating unit 6A, the fourth stage for the right heating unit 6B, and the second stage (strong) for the back heating unit 6C (FIG. 15A). -(C), 1st line), the total power consumption applying the basic power consumption allocation of each heating stage is 1900W (= 900W + 700W + 300W), and the amount exceeding 1400W (= 500W) from 200W In this case, the controller 74 rejects a new heating stage combination by the current operation in accordance with the description in the stage / power consumption conversion table 80.

  Further, for example, when the combination of new heating stages is the fifth stage for the left heating unit 6A, the second stage for the right heating unit 6B, and the second stage (strong) for the back heating unit 6C (FIG. 15A). ) To (C) in the third line), the total power consumption applying the basic power consumption allocation in each heating stage is 1500 W (= 900 W + 300 W + 300 W), and the amount exceeding 1400 W (= 100 W) is 200 W. In this case, in accordance with the description of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80, a new heating stage combination by the current operation is allowed. However, by setting the power consumption of the left heating unit 6A to 800 W instead of the basic allocation of 900 W, the total power consumption of the three heating units 6A, 6B, and 6C is 1400 W (= 800 W + 300 W + 300 W), and the total is 1400 W Satisfy the constraint that: The drive part of the induction coil 22A of the left heating part 6A (inverter circuit, command circuit to the inverter circuit, etc.) can be supported by constant driving. Power consumption is 300W, 500W, 700W and 900W, and 800W is achieved by constant driving. Since it is not possible, 800 W is realized by intermittent operation of 900 W (see FIG. 10). As a result, 800 W can be realized when the drive unit of the induction coil 22A and the like are kept simple and downsized.

  The control unit 74 is configured to turn on the intermittent operation of the induction coil drive unit (mainly an inverter circuit) in order to realize the power consumption defined in the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 by intermittent operation. In this case, the ON period and the OFF period of the intermittent operation are switched at a predetermined cycle.

  Unlike FIG. 15, the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 may describe the power consumption applied in intermittent operation and the on period and off period in one cycle.

  As described above, instead of applying the basic power consumption allocation as it is, according to the description of the stage / power conversion table 80, by replacing with the application of less power consumption, the heating stage exceeding 1400 W in total. Some of the combinations can be acceptable. From the user's point of view, the combination of rejected heating stages is reduced, and the usability of the electromagnetic cooking device 1 can be enhanced even when a commercial power supply of 100V is applied.

  Further, in the normal heating as described above, power consumption is set for each induction coil 22A, 22B, 22C, and the operation is performed according to the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80, and feedback based on the detected temperature is not performed. Therefore, the configuration can be reduced in size and simplified, and the reliability can be improved.

  FIG. 15 described above shows a case in which a combination of heating steps with a small difference over 1400 W is allowed, but heating is performed when the ratio to 1400 W is larger than 1 but the ratio is within a predetermined ratio. The stage / power consumption conversion table 80 may be configured to allow a combination of stages.

  The above shows the case where the stage / power conversion table 80 is referred to immediately when a new combination of heating stages other than the frying food heating or the kettle heating is requested when the fried food heating or the kettle heating is not being performed. However, it is determined whether or not the total basic power consumption of each heating stage of the combination exceeds 1400 W. If not, the basic power consumption combination is validated, When the total basic power consumption exceeds 1400 W, the power consumption (including refusal) of each heating unit 6A, 6B, 6C is determined with reference to the stage / power consumption conversion table 80. Anyway.

  According to the first embodiment, it is possible to provide a desktop electromagnetic cooker having three induction heating heating units to which a commercial power supply of 100 V is applied. Since it can operate | move with a commercial power supply of 100V, the range of the place selection which can be used becomes quite wide. Moreover, since it has three heating parts, it can respond to various cooking combinations.

  According to the first embodiment, since a commercial power supply of 100V is applied, the risk of electric shock damage can be reduced as compared with the case of applying a commercial power supply of 200V. For example, although illustration is omitted, a magnetic outlet used in an electric pot or the like can be applied, and even if an external force is applied to the electric cord, it can be disconnected from the main body, and the risk of electric shock damage can be reduced. . Also, since a 100V commercial power supply is applied, a magnetic outlet can be applied, and even if the user accidentally gets caught in the power cable, the cooking container being heated will not move just by disconnecting the cable, There is no risk of the food on top falling.

  The electromagnetic cooker according to the first embodiment makes it possible to select an application stage from a plurality of heating stages for each heating unit. However, by applying a stage / power consumption conversion table, the maximum heating capacity of each heating unit is achieved. In addition, power can be distributed efficiently.

  According to the first embodiment, since a method for drawing a set of concentric circles on the top plate is devised, the user can visually and intuitively recognize the difference in the maximum heating capacity of the heating unit.

  In the electromagnetic cooker of the first embodiment, the heating unit having the smallest heating capacity is arranged on the back side, and the other two heating units are arranged in parallel on the front side, so that the length in the left-right direction can be suppressed. , It is possible to reduce the restriction on the place where it can be placed.

  According to the first embodiment, each heating unit is provided at a predetermined length (here, 10 cm) or more away from the side surface, so that no matter how it is placed, the wall intended by the law A safe distance between can be ensured.

  According to the first embodiment, the power switch is provided so that the most protruded operation element surface is separated from the flat surface of the front side plate of the upper lid by a few mm (for example, 1 mm) to the back side. It is possible to prevent the liquid spilled from the pot from getting wet, and the possibility of malfunction due to contact can be greatly reduced.

  According to 1st Embodiment, the width | variety of the up-down direction (thickness direction) which the inner surface of the side plate of the skirt part of an upper cover and the outer surface of the wall part of a lower cover contact is half the thickness of the whole electromagnetic cooking device. Since they are close to each other, it is possible to prevent the upper lid and the lower lid from being detached, and the side strength of the electromagnetic cooker can be increased.

  According to the first embodiment, the air intake window close to the exhaust window is surrounded by the wall that can be used to increase the depth of a part of the bottom plate, so that the air immediately after being exhausted from the exhaust window. The intake window can be prevented from taking in air, and the cooling efficiency can be improved.

The electromagnetic cooker according to the first embodiment is thinner than the length in the left-right direction and the depth direction, and the center of gravity is an instrument close to the placement surface, so that a stable placement state can be realized. it can. In addition, as the top plate, glass having a thickness of about 4 mm is applied, and as the bottom plate, a resin mixed with glass fibers is used instead of a simple resin, so that the weight is larger than the volume of the housing. It can earn and can realize a stable mounting state. Moreover, sufficient intensity | strength as a baseplate can be obtained by comprising a baseplate with resin with which glass fiber was mixed. Although synthetic resin is mainly applied, since the power supply is a commercial power supply of 100 V, the intensity of unnecessary electromagnetic waves generated inside the housing is weak, and electromagnetic interference does not cause a problem.

  According to the first embodiment, since the heat sink on which the semiconductor element for power control is mounted is provided less than the number of heating units, the overall configuration can be reduced in size and simplified. Here, even if the same heat sink is shared by the two heating units, since the heating units are a combination having a small heating capacity, the heat dissipation is not impaired. Further, when any of the heating units performs a heating operation, all of the intake fans corresponding to the respective heating units rotate. Therefore, even if a heat sink is shared, the function is not impaired.

  The fan for intake does not need to be able to control the rotational speed, and can simply be turned on and off. The application of such a fan, combined with the simplification of the control configuration and the like, reduces the size of the electromagnetic cooker. Contributes to downsizing, simplification and cost reduction. In addition, the application of a fan with a simple configuration can improve the quietness.

  According to the first embodiment, the rotational axis direction of each fan is deviated from the normal direction of the center of the corresponding induction coil with which the fan is responsible for cooling, so that it faces the exhaust window below the induction coil. Airflow can be created easily.

  In addition, according to the first embodiment, the airflow distribution plate is provided so that the cooling airflow can be distributed to the induction coil and the heat sink in a well-balanced manner. Can be cooled.

  According to the first embodiment, the top plate support member provided on the bottom plate is a column member, and the support columns are provided so as to be shifted from the lower side of all the heating units. Deterioration can be prevented.

  According to the first embodiment, since the intermittent operation (intermittent drive) of the induction coil is introduced, the number of selectable power consumption stages can be increased from the number of power consumption stages that can be provided by the drive configuration. . Thereby, the choice of a user's thermal power can be increased.

  According to the first embodiment, the heating unit that performs boiling power heating with high power consumption and the heating unit that performs operation in the low power consumption heat retention mode are different from each other, so that the heating unit that performs water boiling after boiling is performed. Can be used for other purposes (may be a kettle using other pans), and the convenience of users can be improved.

  According to the first embodiment, since the feedback control based on the detected temperature is not executed in the heating operation during normal heating, the control configuration for the heating operation can be made simple and small. Incidentally, during the heating operation, it is monitored that the temperature becomes abnormally high.

  According to the first embodiment, when there is an operation for changing the combination of the heating stages, even if the total basic power consumption associated with the stages exceeds the rated power consumption of the electromagnetic cooker, When the amount exceeding the amount is small, at least a part of the basic power consumption associated with the stage is replaced with heating of smaller power consumption by applying the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table, Since the change of the combination of the heating stages is allowed, from the user's point of view, the number of combinations of the heating stages that are rejected is reduced, and the usability of the electromagnetic cooker is improved even when a commercial power supply of 100V is applied. Can do.

  According to the first embodiment, the frying food heating ON operation and the kettle heating ON operation can be accepted only when no heating operation is performed, and frying food heating and kettle heating can be executed with the maximum power consumption. Since it was made to do, while fried food cooking can be performed appropriately, a kettle can also be performed rapidly.

  In addition, since the on-operation of the right heating unit and the back heating unit is not accepted during fried food heating or boiling water heating, similarly to the above, the fried food cooking can be appropriately performed and the boiling water is also quickly performed. be able to.

(B) 2nd Embodiment Next, 2nd Embodiment of the electromagnetic cooker by this invention is described, referring drawings. Here, the electromagnetic cooker according to the second embodiment has a desktop type having two heating units (including only the induction heating unit as in the first embodiment) using a commercial power supply of 100V. This is an electromagnetic cooker.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1X according to the second embodiment and the electromagnetic cooker 1 according to the first embodiment are different in the number of heating units, but often have a common technical idea, and are described below. Then, the electromagnetic cooker 1X which concerns on 2nd Embodiment is demonstrated centering on a technical idea in common.

  16 and 17 are perspective views showing the appearance of the electromagnetic cooker 1X according to the second embodiment, respectively, corresponding to FIGS. 1 and 2 according to the first embodiment. The same or corresponding parts as those in FIG.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment has, for example, a generally rectangular parallelepiped box shape having a horizontal direction of 445 mm, a depth direction of 500 mm, and a thickness of 60 mm. The electromagnetic cooker 1X also mainly includes an upper lid 2 and a lower lid 3. The upper lid 2 includes a quadrangular top plate 4 and a skirt portion 5 formed around a side plate extending downward from the periphery of the top plate 4. The lower lid 3 includes a quadrangular bottom plate 9, a step portion 10 provided on the periphery of the bottom plate 9, and a wall portion standing upward from the periphery of the step portion 10.

  The top plate 4 has a cooking container placement area 6 and a touch panel area 7.

  In the case of the second embodiment, since there are two heating parts, two sets of two concentric circles are drawn on the surface of the cooking container placing part region 6. Regions 6D and 6E in which sets of concentric circles are drawn (hereinafter, sometimes referred to as a left front region or a right back region, or a left front heating unit or a right back heating unit, respectively) are different heating units. Is located below.

  In the case of the electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment, the maximum power that can be supplied to the left front heating unit 6D during heating is greater than the maximum power that can be supplied to the right back heating unit 6E during heating. Among the concentric circles outside the intersecting left front region 6D and right back region 6E, the concentric circle of the left front region 6D is completely drawn, whereas the concentric circle of the right back region 6E is partially missing. What is drawn is an attempt to make the user visually and intuitively recognize the difference in maximum heating capacity. Moreover, the difference in the radius of the circle with the larger radius of the two concentric circles also represents the difference in the maximum heating capacity.

  Unlike FIG. 16, the maximum heating capacity of the right back heating unit 6E is greater than the maximum heating capacity of the left front heating unit 6D by drawing a circle with substantially the same radius of the two concentric circles of the right back heating unit 6E. You may make it make a user recognize that it is inferior.

  Here, although it is possible to arrange two heating parts on the front side in a straight line (see FIG. Y to be described later), in the case of the electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment, as described above, in the left-right direction. Two heating parts were arranged with an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to each other. As in the case of the first embodiment, there are not many tables, desks, kitchen cooking tables, etc. on which a considerably long electromagnetic cooker can be placed in the left-right direction, and it is difficult to cook if placed on the floor. , Even if the length in the depth direction is slightly longer, restrain the length in the left-right direction, and even if a heating part with a small heating capacity is placed on the back side, it will hardly impair the ease of cooking, etc. In consideration of the above, the positional relationship between the two heating units described above was adopted.

  In both the left front heating unit 6D and the right back heating unit 6E, the distance between an arbitrary point on the circumference of the heating region circle and any side surface of the skirt portion 5 is a predetermined length (here, 10 cm) or more. It is getting longer. Similarly to the first embodiment, this is to ensure a legally required distance between the heating unit and the adjacent wall surface no matter how the electromagnetic cooker 1X is placed. is there.

  Although omitted in FIG. 16, letters and symbols such as “IH” are drawn at the center of two concentric circles indicating that the heating unit is located below, and the heating unit performs electromagnetic induction action. You may make it clearly show that it is the heating part utilized.

  The touch panel region 7 is divided into a region 7D of the left front heating unit 6D and a region 7E of the right back heating unit 6E. Details of the touch panel partial areas 7D and 7E will be described later with reference to FIG.

  The top plate 4 having the cooking container placing portion region 6 and the touch panel region 7 is configured by a single glass plate for the same reason as in the first embodiment.

  Also in the second embodiment, the power switch 8 is located at the position of the lower lid 3 below the front side plate of the upper lid 2 and close to the right side plate of the upper lid 2 for the same reason as in the first embodiment. Is provided. Further, for the same reason as in the first embodiment, even when the operation element of the power switch 8 is most protruded, the surface of the operation element is only a few mm (for example, 1 mm) from the flat surface of the front side plate of the upper lid 2. It is designed to leave the back side.

  Also in the second embodiment, for the same reason as in the first embodiment, while the electromagnetic cooker 1X has a thickness of about 60 mm, the side plate of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 and the wall portion of the lower lid 3 are The width in the vertical direction (thickness direction) in contact is selected to be about 26 mm.

  The bottom plate 9 of the lower lid 3 has two intake windows 11D and 11E and an exhaust window 12. The intake window 11D takes in ambient air into the casing by the rotation of a fan 24D (see FIG. 19) described later, and the intake window 11E surrounds the casing by the rotation of a fan 24E (see FIG. 19) described later. Of air.

  With respect to the bottom plate 9 of the lower lid 3, approximately 2/3 is deeper than approximately 1/3 on the front side due to the arrangement of components (for example, a heat sink to be described later). Using the wall of the dent created by this difference in depth, the back side and the left side of the intake window 11E are enclosed, and a flow path 13 with air guide toward the intake window 11E is formed on the front side and the right side of the intake window 11E. did. In the same manner as in the first embodiment, in consideration of a short distance between the intake window 11E and the exhaust window 12, such an air flow barrier and a flow path 13 are formed.

  Also in the second embodiment, leg portions 14 are provided at a total of five locations at the four corners and the center of the bottom plate 9, respectively.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1X is also thinner than the length in the left-right direction and the depth direction (for example, 445 mm × 500 mm × 60 mm), and the center of gravity is an instrument close to the placement surface, so that the stable placement state Can be realized. Further, as the top plate 4, glass having a thickness of about 4 mm is applied, and as the bottom plate 9, not a simple resin but a resin mixed with glass fibers is applied, which is larger than the volume of the housing. Weight can be gained, and a stable placement state can be realized. Moreover, sufficient intensity | strength as the baseplate 9 can be obtained by comprising the baseplate 9 with resin with which glass fiber was mixed.

  Also in the electromagnetic cooker 1X, a sound emission window 15 that emits sound and sound generated by a speaker provided inside the housing is provided at the front center portion of the bottom plate 9.

  FIG. 18 is a perspective view in which the top plate 4 is excluded so that the inside of the housing can be seen, and the same reference numerals are given to the same and corresponding parts in the above-described drawings. FIG. 19 is a perspective view mainly showing an inner element of the lower lid 3 itself and elements attached to the lower lid 3 except for the upper lid 2, and is identical to the corresponding parts in the above-described drawings. A reference numeral is attached. FIG. 20 is a perspective view showing the inner surface of the lower lid 3, and the same reference numerals are given to the same and corresponding parts in the above-described drawings. 18 to 20 omit electrical elements and wiring.

  As described above, the top plate mounting portion 20 for mounting and bonding the peripheral portion of the lower surface of the top plate 4 (not shown in FIGS. 18 and 19) on the side plate upper portion of the skirt portion 5 of the upper lid 2 is provided. As in the first embodiment, a region 21 on the near side of the top plate mounting portion 20 is a region corresponding to the touch panel region 7 described above.

  The induction coils 22D and 22E, which are the central components of the left front heating unit 6D and the right back heating unit 6E described above, are fixed at positions below the circle with the small radius of the concentric circle set described above.

  The electromagnetic cooker 1X has only one heat sink 23DE. The shape of the heat sink 23DE is the same as that of the first embodiment. The heat sink 23DE is provided at a level deeper than the bottom plate 9. A plurality of IGBTs forming an inverter circuit for the induction coil 22D and a plurality of inverter circuits for the induction coil 22E are arranged in the central portion in the left-right direction below the heat sink 23DE substrate where fins are not provided. IGBT is mounted. The heat sink 23DE is disposed closer to the left side plate than below the induction coil 22D.

  As described above, the electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment also has a smaller number of heat sinks (= 1) than the number of inverter circuits (in other words, heating units (induction coils)) (= 2), The size is reduced and simplified. The heat sink 23DE is air-cooled by an intake air flow by a fan 24D described later. As will be described later, the fan 24D operates only the induction coil 22D and operates only the induction coil 22E. In this respect, the heat dissipation is not a problem even if the heat sink 23DE is shared.

  Fans 24D and 24E are provided corresponding to the intake windows 11D and 11E described above. Wall portions 25D and 25E are provided so as to be erected upward from a substantially semicircle on the near side of the outer peripheral circle of the intake windows 11D and 11E. Bridge plates 26D and 26E passing through are provided. Corresponding fans 24D and 24E are attached to the center of the lower surface of each bridge plate 26D and 26E. In FIG. 20, illustration of the mesh member in the intake window 11 </ b> E formed by the members arranged concentrically and the member extending in the radial direction is omitted.

  The rotation axis direction of each fan 24D, 24E is the center of the corresponding circular induction coil 22D, 22E (in other words, heating unit) that the fan 24D, 24E is responsible for cooling, as in the first embodiment. Deviation from normal direction.

  Since the airflow generated by the fan 24D is used for cooling the induction coil 22D and the heat sink 23DE, the airflow having a larger diameter than the fan 24E is applied.

  Although not provided in the examples of FIGS. 18 to 20, a guide plate that directs the airflow generated by the fans 24 </ b> D and 24 </ b> E toward the corresponding induction coils 22 </ b> D and 22 </ b> E and the airflow generated by the fan 24 </ b> D are generated by the induction coil 22 </ b> D and the heat sink 23 </ b> DE. It is also possible to provide an airflow distribution plate that enables distribution in a balanced manner.

  In the second embodiment as well, fans corresponding to 100V are applied as the fans 24D and 24E to reduce the size and improve the noise reduction.

  As described above, the peripheral edge of the top plate 4 is supported by the top plate mounting portion 20. In addition to this, the central portion of the top plate 4 is supported by one or a plurality of support pillars 29 (FIGS. 18 and 19 show one case). Similarly to the first embodiment, the support column 29 that contacts the top plate 4 is provided so as to be shifted from below the left front heating unit 6D and the right back heating unit 6E to prevent the support column 29 from being deteriorated. .

  FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing the arrangement of keys and light emitting elements in the touch panel area 7 of the second embodiment.

  As described above, the touch panel region 7 is divided into the region 7D related to the left front heating unit 6D and the region 7E related to the right back heating unit 6E.

  The touch panel area 7D for the left front heating unit includes a “heating” key 90 for instructing on (on) and off (off) normal heating in the left front heating unit 6D, and heating on (on) in the left front heating unit 6D. A “water heater” key 91 for instructing to turn off (off), a “fried food” key 92 for instructing on / off (off) of fried food heating in the left front heating unit 6D, and normal heating in the left front heating unit 6D A “strong” key 93 for instructing to increase the stage of frying heating by one stage, a “weak” key 94 for instructing to lower the stage of normal heating or frying heating in the left front heating unit 6D by one stage, and left front heating “+” Key 95 for instructing to increase the timer time in the unit 6D by one unit, and to decrease the timer time in the left front heating unit 6D by one unit "-" and a key 96.

  In the left front heating unit touch panel region 7D, the light emitting element 97 indicating that normal heating is selected, the light emitting element 98 indicating that kettle heating is selected, and fried food heating are selected. , A stage display unit 100 composed of six light emitting elements for displaying the stage selected by normal heating or fried food heating, and a numerical display for displaying the remaining time of the timer, the temperature during frying food heating, etc. Part 101. The number display unit 101 also includes an indicator that indicates whether the displayed number is the time when the remaining time of the timer is the heating temperature of the deep-fried food.

  The heating stage in the left front heating unit 6D is assigned the same power consumption as the heating stage of the left heating unit 6A of the first embodiment (see FIG. 7). The allocation of the fried food temperature is the same as the allocation of the left heating unit 6A of the first embodiment (see FIG. 7).

  The touch panel area 7E for the right back heating unit includes a “heat” key 103 that cyclically instructs the right back heating unit 6E to turn on (on) / off (off) normal heating and turn on the heat retention mode, and the right back heating unit 6E. The “strong” key 104 for instructing to raise the normal heating stage by one step, the “weak” key 105 for instructing to lower the normal heating stage by one step in the right back heating unit 6E, and the right back heating unit 6E A “+” key 106 for instructing to increase the time measured by the timer by one unit, and a “−” key 107 for instructing to shorten the time measured by the timer in the right back heating unit 6E by one unit; It has.

  The touch panel area 7E for the right-side heating unit has a light emitting element 108 indicating that normal heating is selected, and five light emission indicating that the stage selected by normal heating and the heat retention mode are valid. A stage display unit 109 made up of elements and a number display unit 110 for displaying the remaining time of the timer are provided.

  Power consumption similar to the heating stage of the right heating unit 6B of the first embodiment is assigned to the four heating stages in the right back heating unit 6E (see FIG. 8).

  The touch panel area 7 is also provided with a light emitting element 60 that represents the on / off state of the power switch 8 and a light emitting element 61 for alerting to "high temperature" determined from the operation mode, the heating stage of a predetermined heating unit, and the like. Yes.

  Also in the second embodiment, for the same reason as described in the first embodiment, driving related to predetermined power consumption is realized by intermittent operation of driving with higher power consumption (FIG. 10).

  The electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment has a smaller number of heating units than the electromagnetic cooker 1 of the first embodiment, but the electrical configuration is the same except that there are fewer heating units ( (See FIG. 11). In the following description, the reference numerals shown in FIG. 11 or similar numerals are used as the reference numerals of the constituent elements.

  Since the drive control for the induction coils 22D and 22E executed by the control unit 74 is substantially the same in the second embodiment, the description thereof is largely omitted. However, the operation when the operation of changing the combination of the heating stages of the left front heating unit 6D and the right back heating unit 6E is briefly described.

  Since the electromagnetic cooker 1X of 2nd Embodiment also operate | moves with a commercial power supply of 100V, it is required that the sum total of the power consumption of the left front heating part 6D and the right back heating part 6E is 1400W or less.

  When the “fried food” key 92 is turned on to request fried food heating, the control unit 74 uses the left front heating unit 6D or the right back heating unit 6E before the operation in the same manner as in the first embodiment. It is determined whether or not the heating operation has been performed, and if the heating operation has been performed before the operation, the control unit 74 rejects new fried food heating, and if the heating operation has not been performed before the operation, The power consumption applied to the left front heating unit 6D is switched to the power consumption during heating of the deep-fried food, and the frying food heating process is started.

  When the “water heater” key 91 is turned on to request water heater heating, the controller 74, like the first embodiment, before the operation, the left front heating unit 6D or the right back heating unit. In 6E, it is determined whether or not the heating operation has been performed. If the heating operation is performed before the operation, the control unit 74 rejects a new water heater and does not perform the heating operation before the operation. Then, the power consumption applied to the left front heating unit 6D is boiled and switched to the power consumption during heating, and the frying food heating process is started.

  When a new combination of heating steps other than deep-fried food heating or kettle heating is required, the control unit 74 determines whether the deep-fried food is being heated or the kettle is being heated, and the frying food is being heated or the kettle is being heated. Reject new heating stage combinations.

  When a new combination of heating steps other than fried food heating or kettle heating is required when fried food heating or kettle heating is not being performed, the control unit 74 uses the combination of heating steps to be switched as a key. A new power consumption combination is fetched from the / power consumption conversion table 80, and processing corresponding to the information fetched from the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 is executed.

  In the basic power consumption allocation in the second embodiment, the maximum power consumption (sixth stage) of the left front heating unit 6D is 1350 W, and the left front heating unit 6D has selected the sixth stage, By applying the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80, the right back heating unit 6E cannot select any heating stage (operation is rejected).

  FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 according to the second embodiment, and is the same diagram as FIG. 15 according to the first embodiment. FIG. 22 shows a part of the table portion in which the heating stage of the left front heating unit 6D is the fifth stage.

  Even in the electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment, even if the combination of each heating stage exceeds 1400 W in the total of the basic allocated power consumption at that stage, the amount exceeding that is within 200 W. In this case, a new combination of heating stages is allowed depending on the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80.

  The basic allocated power consumption of the fifth stage of the left front heating unit 6D is 900 W, the basic allocated power consumption of the fourth stage (maximum power consumption stage) of the right back heating unit 6E is 700 W, and the total is 1600W and the amount exceeding 200W. Therefore, in the electromagnetic cooker 1X of the second embodiment, according to the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80, unless the left front heating unit 6D is in the sixth stage (maximum power consumption stage), a new combination of heating stages is used. Never refuse. When the total power consumption of basic allocation exceeds 1400 W within 200 W, the heating stage is determined according to the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80 as in the first embodiment. Instead of the basic power consumption for, less power consumption is assigned to some heating units.

  In summary, except for special heating such as fried food heating and kettle heating, unless the left front heating unit 6D is in the sixth stage (maximum power consumption stage), the stage change operation is performed according to the contents of the stage / power consumption conversion table 80. Therefore, the user can easily learn the operation to be rejected.

  In the second embodiment, the number of heating units is smaller than that in the first embodiment, but the same technical idea as that applied by the first embodiment is applied. The same effect as the form can be achieved.

(C) Other Embodiments In the description of each of the above-described embodiments, various modified embodiments have been referred to. However, modified embodiments as exemplified below can be given.

  FIG. 23 is a schematic plan view of an electromagnetic cooker 1Y of a modified embodiment relative to the second embodiment. In this ionization cooker 1Y, two heating parts 6D and 6E are also arranged in the left-right direction. The distribution in the left-right direction for the two heating units 6D, 6E is substantially equal to the distribution in the left-right direction for the two touch panel partial regions 7D, 7E corresponding to the heating units 6D, 6E. Thereby, when performing operation regarding heating part 6D, it can prevent operating the key of touch panel partial field 7E of other heating parts 6E accidentally.

  In each of the above embodiments, the power supply is distributed to each heating unit after converting the commercial power source into direct current. However, the commercial power source is distributed to each heating unit while being alternating current, and thereafter each heating unit is used. Further, conversion to direct current by a rectifier circuit or conversion to alternating current drive current having a desired frequency by an inverter circuit may be performed.

  In each of the above embodiments, all the heating units can select a heating step from a plurality of heating steps, but some heating units have one heating step, and the heating step can be selected. It may be impossible.

  In each of the above embodiments, the exhaust window 12 is provided on the back surface of the housing. However, the exhaust window 12 may be provided on the right side surface or the left side surface of the back surface of the housing.

  In each said embodiment, although the electromagnetic cooker which operate | moves with a 100V commercial power supply was shown, a part of the various technical thoughts mentioned above is applicable also to the electromagnetic cooker which operates with a 200V commercial power supply. It is.

  In each of the above embodiments, a desktop type electromagnetic cooker has been shown, but some of the various technical ideas described above can also be applied to a stationary type electromagnetic cooker.

  In each said embodiment, although the heating part showed 2 or 3 electromagnetic cookers, the number of a heating part is not limited to this. For example, if there are two or more heating units based on induction heating, some of the various technical ideas described above can be applied. When there are two or more heating parts based on induction heating, a heating part based on a principle other than induction heating may be provided.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1X ... Electromagnetic cooker, 2 ... Upper lid, 3 ... Lower lid, 6A-6E ... Heating part, 8 ... Power switch, 9 ... Bottom plate, 11A-11E ... Intake window, 12 ... Exhaust window, 22A-22E ... Induction Coil, 23A, 23BC, 23DE ... heat sink, 24A-24E ... fan, 28A, 28BC ... air flow distribution plate, 29 ... support column, 70 ... 100V commercial power supply, 71 ... rectifier circuit, 72 ... power distributor, 73A, 73B 73C ... Inverter circuit, 74 ... Control unit (microcomputer), 76 ... Touch panel unit, 80 ... Stage / power consumption conversion table.

Claims (15)

In an electromagnetic cooker equipped with a plurality of heating parts that perform a heating operation by passing an alternating current through the induction coil,
At least one of the heating units is capable of performing a heating operation of a heating stage selected from different heating stages,
For each combination of heating stages of all the heating units, power information storage means describing information on the combination of power in the heating operation of each heating unit,
When there is an operation for changing the combination of heating stages of all the heating units, the information on the combination of electric power in the heating operation corresponding to the combination of heating stages after the change is extracted from the electric power information storage unit, and An electromagnetic cooker comprising heating control means for controlling a heating operation of each heating unit. Depending on the power source of the electromagnetic cooker, the upper limit power during the heating operation in all the heating units is determined, and the basic power in the heating operation is determined for each of the heating stages,
The power information storage means reduces a part of basic power to a combination of heating steps in which the total basic power is larger than the upper limit power by a predetermined amount or a predetermined ratio. Describe the information that the total power satisfies the above upper limit power replaced with power,
When the extracted information is information obtained by replacing some basic power with smaller power, the heating control means controls the heating operation of each heating unit according to the information. The electromagnetic cooker according to claim 1, wherein   The heating control means intermittently operates a heating operation with a basic power larger than the replaced power when the power replaced with some of the basic power is not any of the basic powers. The electromagnetic cooker according to claim 2, wherein electric power equivalent to the generated electric power is realized. Depending on the power source of the electromagnetic cooker, the upper limit power during the heating operation in all the heating units is determined, and the basic power in the heating operation is determined for each of the heating stages,
The power information storage means describes information indicating that the heating stage change operation is rejected for a combination of heating stages in which the total basic power is greater than the upper limit power by a predetermined amount or a predetermined ratio. ,
The heating control means maintains the heating state before the change operation when the extracted information is information indicating that the change operation of the heating stage is rejected. Electromagnetic cooker. Any one of the above heating units is assumed to execute a heating operation in a special mode in which at least one of a water heating mode and a fried food heating mode is applicable,
When the heating control means is operated to change the combination of heating stages of all the heating units, the power information storage means is provided on the condition that the heating operation in the special mode is not performed immediately before the operation. The information on the combination of electric power in the heating operation corresponding to the combination of the heating stages after the change is taken out, and the heating operation of each of the heating units is controlled. Electromagnetic cooker. In an electromagnetic cooker equipped with a plurality of heating parts that perform a heating operation by passing an alternating current through the induction coil,
Any one of the heating units is assumed to perform a heating operation in a water heater heating mode,
An electromagnetic cooker, characterized by comprising a kettle respecting means for prohibiting heating operations of all the other heating units when the heating unit is performing a heating operation in a kettle heating mode.   7. The electromagnetic cooker according to claim 6, further comprising: a water heater heating refusal unit that rejects the start-up operation when the start-up operation of the water heater is performed during the heating operation of at least one of the heating units. .   8. The electromagnetic cooking according to claim 6, wherein the heating unit different from the heating unit that performs the heating operation in the boiling water heating mode performs the heating operation in the heat retention mode. 9. vessel. The heating unit that performs the heating operation in the water heating mode is a heating unit having the largest maximum power among all the heating units,
The electromagnetic cooking device according to claim 8, wherein the other heating unit that performs the heating operation in the heat retention mode is a heating unit having the smallest maximum power among all the heating units. In an electromagnetic cooker equipped with a plurality of heating parts that perform a heating operation by passing an alternating current through the induction coil,
An electromagnetic cooker characterized in that another heating unit different from the heating unit that performs a heating operation in a water heater heating mode executes a heating operation in a heat retaining mode. In an electromagnetic cooker equipped with a plurality of heating parts that perform a heating operation by passing an alternating current through the induction coil,
Any one of the above heating units is assumed to execute the heating operation in the fried food heating mode,
An electromagnetic cooker characterized by comprising fried food respecting means for prohibiting the heating operation of all the other heating units when the heating unit is performing a heating operation in a fried food heating mode.   12. The electromagnetic cooker according to claim 11, further comprising: a fried food heating refusal unit that rejects a fried food heating activation operation when a fried food heating activation operation is performed during the heating operation of at least one of the heating units. .   The electromagnetic cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 12, which operates using an external power source of 100V as an operating power source.   It is a portable desktop type, The electromagnetic cooking device in any one of Claims 1-13 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The number of the said heating parts is three, The electromagnetic cooker in any one of Claims 1-14 characterized by the above-mentioned.

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