JP2015169378A - Gas cooking stove device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To resolve some problems found in a gas cooking stove device in which an ignition and extinction and fire force adjustment of a gas burner are carried out, in particular, the ignition and extinction are manually carried out and the fire force adjustment is carried out by an electrical actuator that when a degree of opening of a gas passage is not set to such a degree as suitable for ignition even if an operating knob is pushed into an ignition position, the motor is required to be driven to cause the opening degree to be set to a suitable value, but if the opening degree is adjusted after electrical energization is started at a control part, the type of device in which the ignition operation is carried out just after starting electrical energization for the control part is not sufficient in time for performing an opening degree adjustment.SOLUTION: When a gas burner is set to extinction, a degree of opening of a fire force adjustment part is adjusted to such a fire force as one corresponding to an ignition fire force suitable for ignition and when a subsequent ignition operation is carried out, a degree of opening at the fire force adjustment part is set to a degree of opening corresponding to the ignition fire force.

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas stove apparatus that manually performs a point fire extinguishing operation of a gas burner and adjusts a thermal power with an electric actuator such as a motor.

  When an ignition operation is provided by pressing one of the operation knobs and a thermal power adjustment operation is performed by rotating the operation knob after ignition, these operations are detected by a sensor, and a motor that is an electric actuator There is known a gas stove device that changes the opening degree of the thermal power control device by actuating (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this device, a power switch is provided separately from the operation knob, and energization of the control unit is started by first turning on the power switch. The controller, which has been energized, drives the motor continuously in one direction to determine the origin, and then drives the motor to an opening corresponding to the heating power suitable for ignition to perform the ignition operation. It is comprised so that it may be provided.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-257154 (paragraphs 0028 and 0030)

  In the conventional gas stove apparatus, power is supplied from an external commercial power source. Therefore, even after the power switch is turned on, the control unit continues to be energized until the power switch is turned off again. There is no risk of the power supply running out. However, since the control unit continues to be energized even when not in use, it is not desirable from the viewpoint of energy saving. Also, if the power for operation is set to be supplied from the built-in dry battery rather than from the external commercial power supply, the operation to increase or decrease the opening degree of the thermal power control device by the thermal power control operation does not consume much power, A large amount of electric power is required for the operation of forcibly opening the valve body of the electromagnetic safety valve during the ignition operation.

  Therefore, if the electric power for operation is supplied from a built-in dry battery, and further, the electromagnetic safety valve is manually opened at the time of ignition, and the subsequent heating power adjustment operation is performed by a motor, the ignition operation is performed. It is desirable not to energize the control unit until it is performed, and to energize the control unit from the start of ignition operation until extinguishing.

  However, with this configuration, unenergized raw gas is ejected from the gas burner unless the igniter is operated immediately after energization of the control unit is started by starting the ignition operation.

  On the other hand, if the opening degree of the thermal power control device at the time when the igniter is activated is not a thermal power suitable for ignition, that is, an opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power, it is surely ignited if the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner is too small. If ignition cannot be performed and a gas supply amount is excessive, conversely, an explosion that produces a loud noise during ignition, or a flame overflowing from the pan or the like to the outside after firing occurs.

  In order to prevent such inconvenience, as in the above-described conventional one, the origin of the motor is determined after the energization of the control unit is started, and then the opening corresponding to the ignition heating power is adjusted. As described above, there is a problem that the raw gas continues to be ejected from the gas burner.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention provides a gas stove device capable of reducing the amount of raw gas jetted as much as possible until ignition is performed after energization of a control unit is started by an ignition operation. This is the issue.

  In order to solve the above problems, a gas stove device according to the present invention includes an electromagnetic safety valve that adsorbs and holds a valve body biased in a valve closing direction to an electromagnet in an open state, and is connected in series to the electromagnetic safety valve. And a thermal power control unit that adjusts the thermal power by increasing or decreasing the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner by being driven by an actuator, and forcibly opening the valve body of the electromagnetic safety valve by pushing in by manual operation. A point fire extinguishing function that extinguishes the gas burner by pushing it into contact with the electromagnet and a fire power adjustment operation are detected, and the control unit drives the electric actuator in response to the heat power adjustment operation to adjust the heat power. In the gas stove device having a thermal power adjustment function, energization is started to the control unit in the middle of pushing in the ignition by the point fire extinguishing function, During extinguishing by pushing degrees, the electric actuator, and adjusting the heating power corresponding to the ignition firepower suitable for opening of the combustion control unit to the ignition.

  When the gas burner is extinguished, the opening of the thermal power control unit is adjusted to an opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power for the next ignition operation before the power supply to the control unit is stopped. Then, when energization of the control unit is started at the next ignition operation, the opening degree of the thermal power adjustment unit has already reached an opening degree corresponding to the ignition thermal power, so that the igniter can be operated immediately.

  The point fire extinguishing function and the thermal power adjustment function may be provided in separate operation units, but an operation knob having both the point fire extinguishing function and the thermal power adjustment function is provided, and the operation knob is pushed in. When ignition and extinguishing are performed and the operation knob is rotated, the rotation amount is detected by a rotation sensor, and the control unit drives the electric actuator according to the rotation amount to adjust the heating power. May be.

  However, when the opening of the thermal power control unit is not the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power when the energization of the control unit is started, the opening of the thermal power control unit is opened corresponding to the ignition thermal power. After adjusting the degree, the igniter will be activated.

  In addition, a nonvolatile memory is provided in the control unit, and a heating power adjustment operation is performed after the ignition so that the opening degree of the heating power adjustment unit is an opening other than the opening corresponding to the ignition heating power. When the opening of the thermal power control unit is returned to the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power after extinguishing the fire, the opening of the thermal power control unit corresponds to the ignition thermal power during the ignition operation by overwriting the fact in the nonvolatile memory. Whether or not the opening is reached can be checked in a short time and with certainty.

  If the electric actuator continues to be used, it may step out and the opening may deviate, but when adjusting the opening of the thermal power control unit to an opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power after extinguishing the fire, If the opening degree of the thermal power control unit is adjusted to an opening degree corresponding to the ignition thermal power after performing the above, the step-out amount is not accumulated, and the opening degree can always be adjusted accurately.

  By the way, the nonvolatile memory has a limit on the number of rewrites, and the lifetime is shortened when rewriting is performed frequently. Therefore, when the data in the non-volatile memory at the time of fire extinguishing is data indicating that the opening degree of the thermal power control unit has been returned to the opening degree corresponding to the ignition thermal power, the electric actuator is not driven. At the same time, if the same data is not overwritten in the nonvolatile memory, the lifetime of the nonvolatile memory can be extended.

  In addition, a plurality of the above gas burners are provided, and a thermal power control unit is provided for each gas burner, and the opening degree of all the thermal power control units is controlled by one control unit, and any one of the gas burners is ignited. When the control unit is energized, the opening degree of the thermal power control unit for other gas burners is checked, and if there is a thermal power control unit that does not have an opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power, It is desirable to adjust the opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power before the ignition operation is performed on the gas burner for the heating power control unit.

  As is clear from the above description, the present invention adjusts the opening of the thermal power control unit to the opening corresponding to the ignition heating power for the next ignition operation after the fire extinguishing operation. Even when the ignition is performed immediately after the control unit is energized, the ejection of the raw gas from the gas burner can be reduced as much as possible, and the gas burner can be immediately ignited.

The perspective view which looked at the gas stove by this invention from the front The figure which shows the piping state in a gas stove Perspective view of thermal power control device The figure which shows the operation state of the micro switch which is a position sensor Flow chart showing details of control during ignition operation Flow chart showing the contents of control during thermal power change operation

  With reference to FIG. 1, 1 is an example of the gas stove apparatus by this invention. A glass top plate 11 is provided on the upper surface of the gas stove device 1, and the top plate 11 is provided with three gas burners 11a, 11b, and 11c. On the other hand, the front panel 12 of the gas stove 1 is provided with thermal power control devices 13a, 13b, and 13c for performing point-extinguishing operations and thermal power control operations of the gas burners 11a, 11b, and 11c. In addition, a grill box 14 is provided in the approximate center of the front panel 12, and an upper fire burner 14 a and a lower fire burner 14 b are installed in the grill box 14. Then, the fire extinguishing and the thermal power adjustment of the upper fire burner 14 a and the lower fire burner 14 b are performed by the thermal power adjusting device 15.

  Referring to FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the gas supply lines are branched into four in parallel, and thermal power control devices 13a, 13b, 13c, 15 are provided in the branched supply lines. ing. The thermal power control device 13a will be described as an example. The thermal power control device 13a includes an on-off valve portion 2 for performing point-extinguishing and a flow rate adjusting portion 3 for performing thermal power control.

  In the on-off valve portion 2, a main valve 21a that is opened by a manual operation and a valve body 22a of an electromagnetic safety valve are provided in series. On the other hand, a motor 31 is connected to the flow rate adjusting unit 3 as an electric actuator, and the flow rate is increased or decreased by driving the motor 31. Although both the thermal power control devices 13b and 13c have the same structure as the thermal power control device 13a, the thermal power control device 15 has the same structure as the on-off valve unit 2, but the structure of the flow rate control unit 3 is different from the other.

  The flow rate control unit 3 of the thermal power control device 15 is branched into two parallel systems, each of which is provided with on / off valves 15a and 15b that open and close by electromagnetic force, and an orifice 16 that bypasses both the on / off valves 15a and 15b. It has been. Therefore, for example, when the on-off valve 15a is opened, the heating power of the upper fire burner 14a becomes high fire, and when the on-off valve 15a is closed, the gas passing through the orifice 16 makes low fire.

  With reference to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the structure of the thermal power control device 13a will be described by taking the thermal power control device 13a as an example.

  Reference numeral 4 denotes an operation knob which is pushed in when extinguishing a point and is rotated while holding the outer peripheral surface when adjusting the heating power. The operation knob 4 is always urged toward the front side. When the operation knob 4 is pushed against the urging force from the fire extinguishing position, the dog 6 provided on the member housed in the rectangular tube-shaped guide member 5 is pushed together with this member and moves to the back side. . And the member in which the dog 6 is provided moves to the back, forcibly opens the valve body of the electromagnetic safety valve accommodated in the on-off valve portion 2, and is accommodated in the same electromagnetic safety valve. The valve element is pressed against the electromagnet.

  When DC power is supplied to the electromagnet from a control unit (not shown), the electromagnet is excited to attract and hold the valve body in the valve open state. If the pushing force with respect to the operation knob 4 is released in this state, the operation knob 4 protrudes to the heating power adjustment position on the near side by the urging force. When extinguishing the fire, once the operation knob 4 is pushed in until the fire extinguishing position is exceeded and the pushing force is released, the operation knob 4 returns to the fire extinguishing position and is held at that position.

  When the operation knob 4 is rotated with the operation knob 4 protruding to the heating power adjustment position, the rotation shaft of the rotary encoder 41 as a rotation sensor rotates through the gear train, and is proportional to the rotation amount of the operation knob 4. A pulse signal is output to the control unit. When the control unit receives this pulse signal, the control unit is configured to drive the motor 31 of the thermal power control unit 3 to adjust the flow rate.

  On the left side as viewed from the front of the guide member 5, a micro switch 51 having two contacts that are turned on and off depending on the front and rear positions of the dog 6 is attached. The microswitch 51 is provided with two contacts SW1 and SW2. The contact SW1 is a position sensor for detecting a position at which energization of the control unit is started, and the contact SW2 is a position sensor for detecting that the ignition switch is pushed to the ignition position.

  As shown in FIG. 4, when the dog 6 moves from the front toward the back, the contact SW1 is first turned ON. When the operation knob 4 is further pushed in and the operation knob 4 reaches the ignition position, the contact SW2 is turned on. When the pushing force on the operation knob 4 is released at the ignition position, the operation knob 4 protrudes backward to the heating power adjustment position as described above, but the member on which the dog 6 is formed is a stopper mechanism (not shown). Thus, the contact SW1 is held in a state where it is returned to the position where it is turned on.

  As shown in the figure, the microswitch 51 is fixed so as to be held by three claws 5 a formed on the side surface of the guide member 5. The microswitch 51 is positioned by inserting the two protrusions 5 b through the mounting holes formed in the microswitch 51. Therefore, no screws are used when attaching the microswitch 51 to the guide member 5.

  When the operation knob 4 is in the fire extinguishing position, the dog 6 does not push down the plunger portion 51a, so that the contacts SW1 and SW2 built in the microswitch 51 are both turned off (FIG. 4 (a)). . From this state, when the operation knob 4 is pushed in, the dog 6 moves backward, that is, to the left in FIG. 4, so that the dog 6 pushes down the plunger portion 51a and turns on the contact SW1 as shown in FIG. . At this time, the contact SW2 remains off.

  When the operation knob 4 is further pushed down to the ignition position, the dog 6 further pushes the plunger portion 51a and turns on the contact SW2 as shown in (c).

  When the contact SW1 is turned on, energization is started in a control unit (not shown). The gas stove 1 of the present embodiment incorporates a dry battery as a power source for operation. In a state where all the operation knobs 4 are in the fire extinguishing position, it is not necessary to operate the control unit, and thus energization to the control unit is stopped. When any of the operation knobs 4 is pushed to ignite, before reaching the ignition position, as shown in FIG. 4B, the contact SW1 is turned on to start energization of the control unit. When the contact SW2 is turned on, the control unit detects that the operation knob 4 has been pushed to the ignition position. Note that when one of the operation knobs 4 is already in the heating power adjustment position and another control knob 4 is pushed in while the control unit is energized and the contact SW1 is newly turned on, the control unit already has Since it is energized, the control unit detects that the contact SW1 is newly turned on.

  Details of the ignition operation will be described with reference to FIG. As described above, when the operation knob 4 is pushed in for ignition operation, the contact SW1 is turned on before the operation knob 4 reaches the ignition position, and energization of the control unit is started by turning on the contact SW1 (S1). ). Then, the control unit immediately reads the value of the parameter M1 stored in the EEPROM that is a non-volatile memory built in the control unit (S2). As will be described later, “1” is written in this parameter M1 when the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 is an opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power at the time of the previous fire extinguishing operation. If there is, “0” is written.

  If it is normal, 1 is written in the parameter M1 during the fire extinguishing operation as will be described later. Therefore, 1 should be written in the parameter M1 at this time. If 1 is written in the parameter M1, since the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 is an opening degree corresponding to the ignition thermal power, the igniter is operated to ignite the gas burner (S2 → S6).

  However, if the value of the parameter M1 is other than 1, that is, 0 at this point due to some trouble, the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 is not the opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power, so the motor 31 is operated. Once the opening degree of the motor 31 is set by changing the opening degree in the fully closed or fully opened direction (S3), the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 is set to the opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power (S4), and After overwriting the parameter M1 with 1 (S5), the igniter is operated (S6).

  As described above, when the contact SW1 is turned ON, energization is started to the excitation coil of the electromagnet built in the electromagnetic safety valve (SV). Thereafter, when the operation knob 4 is pushed to the ignition position, the contact SW2 is turned ON, and the igniter is activated. Then, in that state, the valve body of the electromagnetic safety valve is attracted to the electromagnet, and the valve body is held in the open state.

  The igniter is set to continue to operate for several seconds. If ignition of the gas burner is confirmed during that time (S7), the operation of the igniter is stopped (S8), and the ignition is completed. Although not shown, if the contact SW2 does not turn on even after a predetermined time has elapsed since the contact SW1 is turned on, an error notification is given by a warning sound or a lamp, and further ignition operation is performed. Cancel.

  As shown in FIG. 5, when the ignition to the gas burner is completed, the flow proceeds to the flow shown in FIG.

  Although the thermal power immediately after igniting the gas burner is an ignition thermal power, the thermal power may be adjusted to be larger or smaller than the ignition thermal power depending on the contents of cooking. Until such a heating power adjustment operation is performed, the state is maintained until the fire extinguishing operation is performed (S11 → S15).

  When the heating power adjustment operation is performed, the value of the parameter M1 is first checked (S12). Since the value of the parameter M1 is 1 at the time of the first heating power adjustment after ignition, the parameter 31 is overwritten with 0 (S13), and then the motor 31 is operated so as to reach the instructed opening degree. The opening degree of the adjusting unit 3 is changed (S14). Thereafter, the flow continues between S11 and S15 until the heating power adjustment operation is performed again or the fire extinguishing operation is performed. Note that the value of the parameter M1 is 0 during the second and subsequent heating power adjustment operations after ignition, so S13 is skipped and the flow flows from S12 to S14.

  When the fire extinguishing operation is performed (S15), the value of the parameter M1 is checked again. As described above, when the thermal power adjustment operation is performed after ignition, the value of the parameter M1 is 0 at that time. However, after the ignition, when the thermal power adjustment operation is not performed with the ignition thermal power, the parameter M1 is set. The value of 1 remains unchanged.

  Therefore, if the value of the parameter M1 remains 1 when the fire extinguishing operation is performed, the energization to the control unit is stopped as it is instead of overwriting 1 (S20). On the other hand, when the value of the parameter M1 is 0 at the time of the fire extinguishing operation, that is, when the heating power adjustment operation is performed after ignition, the flow proceeds from S16 to S17, and similarly to S3, S4, and S5 in FIG. After the motor 31 is actuated and the opening degree is once changed to the fully closed or fully opened direction and the origin of the motor 31 is determined (S17), the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 is set to an opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power. Then, after overwriting the parameter M1 with 1 (S19), the power supply to the control unit is stopped (S20).

  By the way, when the contact SW1 is turned on and energization of the control unit is started as described above, the parameter check of S2 is also performed for a gas burner that has not been ignited, and if the parameter M1 is a value other than 1. , S3 to S5 are performed to set the opening degree of the thermal power control unit 3 to an opening degree corresponding to the ignition thermal power before the ignition operation is performed, and 1 is written in the parameter M1 for each gas burner. To prepare for. As described above, since the control unit performs all the control in the gas stove 1, one control unit is provided in the gas stove 1 instead of being provided for each gas burner.

  Further, in the above embodiment, one operation knob is provided with both the fire extinguishing function and the thermal power adjustment function. However, the fire extinguishing function is performed by the operation knob, and the thermal power adjustment function is separately provided by a tactile switch, for example. You may make it perform in the operation part.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described form, You may add a various change in the range which does not deviate from the summary of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gas cooker 2 On-off valve part 3 Flow control part 4 Operation knob 5 Guide member 13a Thermal power control apparatus 13b Thermal power control apparatus 15 Thermal power control apparatus 31 Motor 41 Rotary encoder 51 Micro switch 6 Dog SW1 Contact SW2 Contact

Claims (7)

  An electromagnetic safety valve that holds the valve body biased in the valve closing direction in an open state by an electromagnet, and the amount of gas supplied to the gas burner by being connected in series to the electromagnetic safety valve and driven by an electric actuator A thermal power control unit that adjusts the thermal power by increasing or decreasing the pressure, and by manually pushing in, the valve body of the electromagnetic safety valve is forcibly opened and pressed against the electromagnet, and the gas burner is extinguished by pushing again. In the gas stove apparatus having a point fire extinguishing function to be performed and a thermal power adjusting function for detecting the thermal power adjusting operation and for the controller to adjust the thermal power by driving the electric actuator in response to the thermal power adjusting operation. Energization of the control unit is started in the middle of pushing by ignition, and when the fire is extinguished by pushing again, the electric actuator Stove apparatus characterized by adjusting the opening of the combustion control portion firepower corresponding to ignition firepower suitable for ignition.   It is equipped with an operation knob that has both the above-mentioned point fire extinguishing function and thermal power adjustment function. When the operation knob is pushed in, ignition and fire extinguishing are performed, and when the operation knob is rotated, the rotation amount is detected by a rotation sensor. The gas stove device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit drives the electric actuator in accordance with the amount of rotation to adjust the heating power.   If the opening of the thermal power control unit is not the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power when the energization of the control unit is started, the opening of the thermal power control unit is set to the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power. The gas stove device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the igniter is operated after the adjustment.   A non-volatile memory is provided in the control unit, and a thermal power adjustment operation is performed after the ignition to write that the opening degree of the thermal power control unit has become an opening other than the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power. The gas stove device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein when the opening degree of the heating power control unit is later returned to an opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power, the fact is overwritten in the nonvolatile memory. .   When adjusting the opening of the thermal power control unit to the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power after extinguishing the fire, adjust the opening of the thermal power control unit to the opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power after performing the origin of the electric actuator. The gas stove device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:   When the data in the non-volatile memory at the time of extinguishing is still data indicating that the opening degree of the thermal power control unit has been returned to the opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power, the electric actuator is not driven, 6. The gas stove device according to claim 4, wherein the same data is not overwritten in the nonvolatile memory.   A plurality of the above gas burners are provided, and a thermal power control unit is provided for each gas burner, and the opening degree of all the thermal power control units is controlled by one control unit, and any one of the gas burners is ignited. When the control unit is energized, the opening of the thermal power control unit for other gas burners is checked, and if there is a thermal power control unit that does not have an opening corresponding to the ignition thermal power, the thermal power control The gas stove device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the opening degree corresponding to the ignition heating power is adjusted before the ignition operation is performed on the gas burner for the unit.

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