JP2015104562A - Kitchen contrivance - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a kitchen contrivance which is hard to be a hindrance to cooking by a user even when a plug is connected to a power socket part, and which can restrain a power cord of the plug from dangling extremely downwardly.SOLUTION: A kitchen contrivance of this invention comprises: housing furniture 1 which is installed on a floor; and a cooking table 8 which is provided on the housing furniture 1. In a front face part 11 of the housing furniture 1, a power socket part 4 is provided on a place which is adjacent to a lower rim of a front edge face of the cooking table 8.

Description

  The present invention generally relates to a kitchen apparatus, and more particularly to a kitchen apparatus having a structure in which a counter is provided on storage furniture.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a conventional kitchen device. The kitchen apparatus described in Patent Document 1 includes a cooking table and a standing wall portion raised from the rear end of the cooking table. The standing wall is provided with an outlet.

JP 2013-215470 A

  By the way, since this conventional kitchen apparatus is provided with an outlet portion on the standing wall portion, when the cooking appliance is placed on the cooking table, the outlet portion is provided near the cooking appliance, so that it is convenient for the user. Is good. In addition, in the case where this kitchen apparatus is used with a cooking device placed on a cooking table, even if a plug is connected to the outlet portion, the power cord of the plug is less likely to disturb the user.

  However, for example, when a portable cooking device (for example, a hand mixer) is used, if the outlet portion is provided on the standing wall portion, the power cord of the plug connected to the outlet portion is connected to the cooking table. May spread. In this case, the power cord spreading on the cooking table may interfere with the user who is cooking.

  In order to solve this problem, it is conceivable to provide the outlet portion on the front surface of the storage furniture below the cooking table. However, if an outlet is provided near the front of the countertop, the power cord of the plug connected to the outlet will hang down greatly, and the user may not be able to There is a concern that it will be caught.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. The purpose of the present invention is to prevent the user from cooking easily even if a plug is connected to the outlet, and the power cord of the plug is located downward. An object of the present invention is to provide a kitchen apparatus that can suppress drooping greatly.

  The kitchen apparatus of the present invention is a kitchen apparatus provided with storage furniture installed on a floor and a cooking table provided on the storage furniture. An outlet portion is provided at a location close to the lower edge of the front end surface.

  Further, in this kitchen apparatus, the front surface portion of the storage furniture includes a front plate provided at a distance from a lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table, and the outlet portion includes the front plate and the cooking device. It is preferable that it is provided between the tables.

  In this kitchen apparatus, it is preferable that the outlet portion is provided with a holding portion for holding a part of a power cord of a plug connected to the outlet portion.

  Further, in this kitchen apparatus, a line member having the same vertical width as that of the outlet portion is provided adjacent to the outlet portion between the front plate and the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table. It is preferable.

  Moreover, in this kitchen apparatus, it is preferable that the line member is provided with a holding part for holding a part of a power cord of a plug connected to the outlet part.

  According to the kitchen apparatus of the present invention, even if the plug is connected to the outlet portion, it is difficult to disturb the user's cooking, and the power cord of the plug can be prevented from drooping downward greatly.

It is a perspective view of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is principal part sectional drawing of the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the outlet part of this embodiment. It is the perspective view seen from the back of the outlet part of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the fixed plate of this embodiment. (A)-(c) is principal part sectional drawing for demonstrating the attachment method of the outlet part of this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the other example of an outlet socket part. It is a perspective view of the kitchen apparatus of a modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  The kitchen apparatus of this embodiment is installed on the floor of a kitchen. As shown in FIG. 1, the kitchen apparatus includes a storage furniture 1 and a cooking table 8 provided on the storage furniture 1.

  In addition, the definition of the direction in this embodiment is defined as the direction toward the side where the user stands from the cooking table 8 as the front direction, and the opposite direction as the rear direction. The left-right direction is defined in a state where the kitchen device is viewed from the front.

  The cooking table 8 includes a counter 81, a rear wall portion 82, and a sink 83. The outer shape of the cooking table 8 is formed in substantially the same shape as the outer shape of the storage furniture 1 in plan view. The counter 8, the rear wall 82, and the sink 83 are integrally formed of artificial marble in the cooking table 8 of the present embodiment. In addition, the countertop 8 does not have to be a unit in which the counter 81, the rear wall portion 82, and the sink 83 are integrally formed. Moreover, the material of the cooking table 8 may not be artificial marble, and is not particularly limited.

  The counter 81 is a portion other than the rear wall portion 82 and the sink 83 in the cooking table 8. As shown in FIG. 1, the counter 81 has a length in the left-right direction and a width in the front-rear direction. As shown in FIG. 2, the counter 81 includes a counter main body 87 and a front droop 88 that protrudes downward from the front end of the counter main body 87.

  The counter body 87 is formed substantially horizontally. The upper surface (hereinafter referred to as counter surface) of the counter body 87 is a flat surface. The counter body 87 and the front droop 88 are orthogonal to each other. The front droop 88 has a width in the vertical direction and a length in the left-right direction. The width direction of the front sag 88 is parallel to the vertical direction. An end (lower end) in the width direction of the front sag 88 is opposed to the upper end of the storage furniture 1. The front surface of the front sag 88 constitutes the front end surface of the cooking table 8.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a sink 83 is provided at one end of the counter 81 in the length direction, and a cooker installation portion 84 for installing a cooker 85 is provided at the other end. It has been.

  The cooker 85 is constituted by a cooking device. The cooking device is composed of a stove. In addition, an electromagnetic cooker (IH cooker) may be used as a cooking device, and a gas stove may be used. Further, the cooking device may be a built-in cooking device or a mounting cooking device such as a table stove.

  Further, a cooking work area 86 is formed in an area between the sink 83 and the cooker installation portion 84 on the counter surface. The sink 83 is a rectangular tank in plan view that is recessed downward from the counter surface.

  The storage furniture 1 is installed on the floor and supports the cooking table 8. A storage space is provided inside the storage furniture 1. For example, cooking utensils are stored in the storage space. Hereinafter, in the storage furniture 1, a front side surface is defined as a front surface portion 11, a lateral side surface is defined as a side surface portion 12, and a rear side surface is defined as a back surface portion 13.

  The storage furniture 1 includes a cabinet 3, an opening / closing part 7, and a dishwasher 2 built in the cabinet 3.

  The dishwasher 2 is provided in the center in the left-right direction on the front side of the cabinet 3. The dishwasher 2 includes a washing machine body 21 and a front door 22 provided at the front end of the washing machine body 21. The washing machine main body 21 is configured to be drawable, and configured to allow the user to store tableware and the like when pulled out from the cabinet 3. The washing machine body 21 can wash the tableware while being pushed into the cabinet 3.

  The front door 22 has a width in the left-right direction and a length in the up-down direction, and thus has a rectangular shape in front view. A handle member 23 is provided at the upper end of the front door 22. The handle member 23 has a width in the vertical direction and a length in the left-right direction. The length of the handle member 23 is formed so as to extend over the entire length of the front door 22 in the width direction. The handle member 23 is configured such that the user can pull the washing machine body 21 forward by hooking a finger.

  In addition, the middle part of the front door 22 in the vertical direction is provided with two long grooves 24 in the left-right direction, and the grooves 24 are unified in accordance with the appearance of the edges of the left and right opening / closing parts 7. It is for taking a feeling.

  The cabinet 3 includes a back plate 31, a side plate 32, and a front plate 33, and is formed in a rectangular shape in plan view that opens upward. The back plate 31 forms a side surface on the rear side of the cabinet 3 and constitutes the back surface portion 13 of the storage furniture 1. Further, the side plate 32 forms side surfaces on both sides in the left-right direction of the cabinet 3 and constitutes the side surface portion 12 of the storage furniture 1.

  The front plate 33 has a width in the vertical direction and a length in the left-right direction. The length direction of the front plate 33 is parallel to the left-right direction. The dimension in the width direction of the front plate 33 (that is, the dimension in the vertical direction) is smaller than the dimension in the vertical direction of the side plate 32. The front plate 33 is separated in the left-right direction at the center in the length direction (the right front plate 33 is called the right front plate 34 and the left front plate 33 is called the left front plate 35). The dishwasher 2 is disposed between the right front plate 34 and the left front plate 35. The right front plate 34 and the left front plate 35 are respectively fixed to the side plate 32 of the cabinet 3.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the upper end of the front plate 33 is arranged at a constant interval from the lower edge of the front droop 88 of the cooking table 8. Between the front plate 33 and the cooking table 8, an outlet portion 4 and a decoration member 61 are provided.

  The outlet portion 4 includes an electrical connection portion 41 into which a plug blade of the plug 9 can be inserted, a housing 43, and a flange portion 47. The electrical connecting portion 41 supplies power to the plug 9 when the plug 9 is electrically connected. As shown in FIG. 3, an insertion portion 42 into which the plug blade of the plug 9 is inserted is provided on the front surface of the electrical connection portion 41. A plurality (two in this embodiment) of the insertion portions 42 are arranged in the left-right direction. The front surface of the electrical connection portion 41 faces forward and obliquely downward (tilts forward).

  The housing 43 is formed in a size that can be accommodated between the upper end of the front plate 33 and the lower edge of the cooking table 8. The casing 43 accommodates the electrical connection portion 41 in a state where the insertion portion 42 of the electrical connection portion 41 is exposed. As shown in FIG. 4, the housing 43 includes a front part 44 and a rear part 45. The rear part 45 is configured to be detachable with respect to the front part 44 via a fixing tool.

  As shown in FIG. 3, a holding portion 46 is provided on the front surface of the housing 43. The holding portions 46 are disposed on both sides in the left-right direction of the insertion portion 42 of the electrical connection portion 41. A part of the power cord 91 of the plug 9 connected to the insertion portion 42 in the longitudinal direction is hooked and held by the holding portion 46. The holding portion 46 has a cylindrical shape that is open in the vertical direction, and a communication passage 48 is provided further forward. Thereby, the holding | maintenance part 46 is formed in the cross-sectional C shape. The power cord 91 is passed rearward from the communication path 48 of the holding portion 46 in a state where the longitudinal direction is parallel to the vertical direction, and is thereby hooked and held by the holding portion 46. .

  Note that the holding portion 46 may have the shape shown in FIG. The holding part 46 is constituted by a hook formed in an L-shaped cross section. A part of the power cord 91 in the longitudinal direction of the plug 9 is hooked and held by this hook.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the flange portion 47 is provided above the electrical connection portion 41, thereby covering the electrical connection portion 41 from above. The flange portion 47 is provided so as to overlap the electrical connection portion 41 when viewed in the vertical direction. The front end portion of the flange portion 47 is inclined so as to be positioned downward toward the tip. Note that the flange 47 is fixed to the housing 43.

  The outlet portion 4 having such a configuration is attached to the cabinet 3 via the attachment plate 5. As shown in FIG. 5, the mounting plate 5 includes a mounting plate main body 51, an upper fixing portion 52, and a lower fixing portion 53. The mounting plate 5 is made of, for example, a metal plate.

  The upper fixing portion 52 protrudes forward from the upper end of the mounting plate main body 51. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper fixing portion 52 is fixed to a fixing seat 89 provided on the rear side of the front droop 88 of the cooking table 8. The upper fixing part 52 is fixed to the fixed seat 89 of the cooking table 8 via a fixing tool.

  The lower fixing portion 53 protrudes downward from the mounting plate main body 51. The lower fixing portion 53 is located on the same plane as the mounting plate main body 51. The lower fixing portion 53 is fixed to the front plate 33 of the cabinet 3 through a fixing tool.

  The attachment plate 5 is provided with an attachment opening 54 for inserting and fixing the outlet portion 4. The attachment opening 54 penetrates the attachment plate main body 51 in the front-rear direction. The attachment opening 54 is formed in a size that allows the rear portion 45 of the housing 43 to be inserted. The attachment plate body 51 is provided with a fixing tool insertion hole 55 for fixing the housing 43. The fixing tool insertion hole 55 is provided along the periphery of the attachment opening 54.

  As shown in FIG. 6B, the mounting plate 5 is fixed so as to be bridged between the front plate 33 and the cooking table 8. The mounting plate 5 has an upper fixing portion 52 fixed to the cooking table 8 and a lower fixing portion 53 fixed to the front plate 33. In this state, the rear portion 45 of the outlet portion 4 is inserted from the front toward the mounting opening 54. When the rear portion 45 of the outlet section 4 is inserted into the mounting opening 54, the fixing tool is passed through the fixing tool insertion hole 55 of the mounting plate 5, whereby the outlet section 4 is fixed to the mounting plate 5 (FIG. 6 ( c)).

  In addition, a packing may be provided between the outlet portion 4 and the lower end surface of the front droop 88 of the cooking table 8. Thereby, even if water adheres on the collar part 47 of the outlet part 4, water intrusion into the cabinet 3 is prevented.

  When the outlet portion 4 is attached, as shown in FIG. 1, a decoration member 61 and a handle member 23 are disposed adjacent to the outlet portion 4. The longitudinal direction of the outlet portion 4 is parallel to the length direction of the decorative member 61 and the length direction of the handle member 23. The outlet portion 4, the decorative member 61, and the handle member 23 are arranged on the same straight line, thereby being arranged in a line. For this reason, in this embodiment, the decorative member 61 and the handle member 23 constitute the line member 6.

  The decorative member 61 is disposed between the upper end of the front plate 33 and the lower end of the cooking table 8. The size of the decorative member 61 in the width direction is the same as the size of the outlet portion 4 in the width direction. The appearance of the decorative member 61 is similar to the appearance of the handle member 23 provided on the front door 22 of the dishwasher 2. As a result, the appearance of the front surface portion 11 of the storage furniture 1 is unified.

  The cabinet 3 is provided with an opening / closing part 7. The opening / closing part 7 is constituted by a drawer part 71 that can be pulled out into the cabinet 3. The opening / closing part 7 is provided below the front plate 33, and at least one of the opening / closing parts 7 is disposed below the outlet part 4. The opening / closing part 7 of this embodiment is provided in two stages on the left and right sides of the dishwasher 2 and below the front plate 33, and is provided in a total of four places.

  The front surface portion 11 of the storage furniture 1 of the present embodiment is configured by a front plate 33 and a front plate 72 of the opening / closing portion 7. The front surface of the front plate 33 and the front surface of the front plate 72 are substantially flush with each other. In addition, although the opening / closing part 7 of this embodiment is comprised by the drawer | drawing-out part 71, you may be comprised by the hinged door, for example.

  As described above, the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment includes the storage furniture 1 installed on the floor and the cooking table 8 provided on the storage furniture 1. On the front surface portion 11 of the storage furniture 1, an outlet portion 4 is provided at a location close to the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8.

  In addition, the "location close to the lower edge" here may be in contact with the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8 or may be separated. That is, the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8 and the outlet portion 4 only need to abut or face each other.

  For this reason, in the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment, since the outlet portion 4 is provided at a location close to the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8, even if the plug 9 is connected to the outlet portion 4, the plug 9 It is possible to suppress the power cord 91 from drooping greatly. As a result, the user can be prevented from being hooked on the power cord 91, and the power cord 91 can be prevented from being caught by the opening / closing portion 7. Moreover, since the outlet portion 4 is provided on the front surface portion 11 of the storage furniture 1, the user can prevent the power cord 91 from interfering on the cooking table 8 during cooking.

  In addition, the front surface portion 11 of the storage furniture 1 of the present embodiment includes a front plate 33 provided at a distance from the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8. The outlet portion 4 is provided between the front plate 33 and the cooking table 8.

  For this reason, the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment does not need to perform the process for attaching the outlet part 4 to the front board 33 at the time of manufacture. As a result, according to the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment, productivity can be improved.

  In addition, the outlet portion 4 of the present embodiment is provided with a holding portion 46 for holding a part of the power cord 91 of the plug 9 connected to the outlet portion 4.

  For this reason, according to the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, a part of the power cord 91 in the longitudinal direction of the plug 9 can be held by the holding portion 46 in a state where the plug 9 is connected to the outlet portion 4. For this reason, according to the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, the power cord 91 can be further prevented from drooping greatly downward.

  Further, in the kitchen apparatus of the present embodiment, the line member 6 having the same vertical width as the outlet portion 4 is adjacent to the outlet portion 4 between the front plate 33 and the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table 8. Is provided.

  For this reason, according to the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment, the outlet part 4 and the line member 6 can have a sense of unity, and the outlet part 4 can be made inconspicuous. Thereby, according to the kitchen apparatus of this embodiment, designability can be improved.

  Moreover, this holding | maintenance part 46 does not need to be provided in the electrical outlet part 4, for example, as shown in FIG. Further, the holding portion 46 may be provided in the line member 6 in addition to the one provided in the outlet portion 4.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage furniture 11 Front part 2 Dishwasher 22 Front door 23 Handle member 3 Cabinet 33 Front plate 4 Outlet part 41 Electrical connection part 42 Insertion part 43 Housing | casing 46 Holding part 47 Eaves part 5 Mounting plate 6 Line member 61 Decoration member 7 Opening / closing part 8 Cooking table 81 Counter 85 Cooking device 88 Front droop 9 Plug 91 Power cord

Claims (5)

Storage furniture installed on the floor;
A kitchen apparatus provided with a cooking table provided on the storage furniture,
A kitchen apparatus, characterized in that an outlet portion is provided on a front portion of the storage furniture at a location close to a lower edge of a front end surface of the cooking table. The front portion of the storage furniture includes a front plate provided at a distance from the lower edge of the front end surface of the cooking table,
The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the outlet portion is provided between the front plate and the cooking table. The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the outlet portion is provided with a holding portion for holding a part of a power cord of a plug connected to the outlet portion. Between the front plate and the lower edge of the front end surface of the countertop,
The kitchen apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein a line member having the same vertical width as that of the outlet portion is provided adjacent to the outlet portion. 5. The holding member for holding a part of a power cord of a plug connected to the outlet part is provided on the line member. The kitchen apparatus as described.

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