JP2538218Y2 - Battery case device for gas appliances and battery case device for gas stove - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a battery case device for a gas stove or other gas appliance, which mainly uses a battery as a power source for ignition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 8, a battery case c is mounted on a gas appliance body b having a gas burner a at an upper portion thereof by fitting it into an opening d provided in a side plate behind the gas appliance body b. The formula to be embedded is general.

[0003]

However, in the conventional battery case device, the first problem is that a portion above the battery case c, that is, a portion near the burner a is susceptible to heat from the burner a, and the It is required to obtain a battery case device that has a problem of accelerating deterioration and has no such a problem. As a second problem, when the gas appliance is a gas stove, it occurs during cooking and is generated on a side plate of the gas appliance main body b. As shown in FIG. 8, boiled spills flowing along the battery case c may enter the battery case c from the battery entrance c-1 of the battery case c and cause problems such as corrosion of the battery. It is required to obtain a battery case device.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gas appliance body having a gas burner at an upper portion, in which a battery case for accommodating a battery through an entrance is provided. In the attachment, the battery case is used in a substantially horizontal posture near the bottom surface in the gas appliance body;
At least the entrance is provided so as to be switchable to a battery replacement position facing the outside of the gas appliance body.

In order to solve the second problem, a second means is to provide a battery case in the gas stove main body through an opening provided in a side wall of the gas stove main body having a gas burner at an upper part thereof. The case is provided so as to be switchable between a use position in the gas stove main body and a battery replacement position in which at least the battery entrance and exit of the battery case faces outside the gas stove main body.

[0006]

In the gas appliance battery case device having the first configuration, in the use position, the battery case is in a substantially horizontal posture near the bottom surface in the gas appliance main body. The battery in the battery case is kept away from the burner as much as possible because the battery is kept away from the burner. When the battery case is switched to the battery replacement position, the battery doorway of the battery case faces the outside of the device main body, so that the battery can be replaced from the battery doorway.

[0007] In the battery case device of the gas stove having the second configuration, in the use position, the battery case is in the gas stove main body and the battery entrance and exit of the battery case do not face outside of the appliance main body. Even if the spillage generated during cooking flows along the side wall of the gas stove body, the spillage does not enter the battery case, and if the battery case is switched to the battery replacement position, the entrance / exit of the battery case is changed. Since the battery faces the outside of the stove body, the battery can be replaced from the battery doorway.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The first means and the second means have the same embodiment, and will be described with reference to the embodiment shown in the common drawing.

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 denotes a battery case, 2 denotes a battery entrance of a battery D provided in the battery case 1, 3 denotes a gas stove body,
Reference numeral 3a denotes a gas burner provided in the upper part of the gas appliance main body 3, 4 denotes an opening provided in a side wall 3b of the gas stove main body 3, and the battery case 1 is attached to the gas stove main body 3.
And a battery replacement position where at least the battery entrance / exit 2 faces the outside of the gas stove main body 3. This will be described with reference to the first embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4. The battery case 1 includes an upper protruding piece 1 a protruding above the upper surface 12 and a lower protruding piece 1 b protruding below the lower surface 11 on the side of the battery entrance 2. The pin 7 is protruded, and the two pins 7 are engaged with guide grooves 6, 6 provided on a pair of left and right arms 5 extending inward of the gas stove body 3 from both side edges 41, 42 of the opening 4. It can be switched to the battery replacement position. To explain this further, the two guide grooves 6 are respectively provided with a first guide groove 6a extending from the inside of the gas stove body 3 toward the opening 4 and a second guiding groove 6a extending downward near the opening 4.
A guide groove 6b, into which pins 7 protruding from both side surfaces of the battery case 1 are fitted, and an upper protruding piece 1a of the battery case 1 is supported by a lower edge 43 of the opening 4; The case 1 is maintained at a substantially horizontal position in the vicinity of the bottom surface in the gas stove body 3.

The relationship of B ≧ C> A is established between the protruding length B of the upper protruding piece 1a, the protruding length A of the lower protruding piece 1b, and the length C of the second guide groove 6b. It is necessary to have.

In order to set the battery case 1 to the battery replacement position, the battery case 1 is pulled out from the use position to a position where the pin 7 hits the intersection 6c between the first guide groove 6a and the second guide groove 6b. Then, the battery case 1 is connected to the upper projection 1a.
Is turned upward, and then the pin 7 is lowered along the second guide groove 6b. Then, the lower surface 11 of the battery case 1
Are locked to the lower edge 43 of the opening 4 and the upper protruding piece 1a and the lower protruding piece 1b respectively engage with the outer surface of the opening 4,
As shown by a solid line in FIG. 2, the battery case 1 is located at a battery replacement position where the battery entrance 2 faces the outside of the gas stove body 3.
In order to return to the use position, the battery case 1 is lifted until its upper surface 12 comes into contact with the upper edge 44 of the opening 4 as shown by a chain line, and at the same time, the pin 7 comes into contact with the second guide groove 6b. From the first guide groove 6a
Move to the intersection 6c where the transition to the engagement with is made. At this time, the lower protruding piece 1b protruding from the lower surface 11 of the battery case 1 comes off the lower edge 43 of the opening 4, so that when the upper protruding piece 1a is rotated downward, the battery case 1 After the state shown in FIG. 4, the gas stove body 3 comes to a substantially horizontal use position near the bottom surface in the gas stove main body 3 shown in FIG. 4. At this time, since the battery entrance 2 of the battery case 1 does not reach the outside of the appliance body 3, even if the spills generated during cooking flow along the side wall 3 b, the spills enter the battery case 1. In particular, it is more preferable that the battery inlet / outlet 2 be in the use position as in the present embodiment so that the battery inlet / outlet 2 faces downward. Further, dust or broth that enters the gas stove main body 3 from the upper surface of the gas stove. And the like can be prevented from entering the battery case 1, and it is not necessary to provide a cover at the entrance 2.

When the battery case 1 is in the use position, if the bottom surface is inclined, even if the broth may fall onto the battery case 1, it is allowed to flow down according to the inclination. In particular, if the stove is inclined so as to slightly descend toward the outside of the stove body 3, it is advantageous that the broth can flow out to the outside according to the inclination.

Reference numeral 15 denotes a cradle for the battery case 1 provided in the gas stove body 3, and reference numeral 16 denotes a switch that is pressed and closed by the battery case 1 when the battery case 1 is in the use position. Battery D was connected to an igniter or the like.

In the first embodiment, the first guide groove 6a is inclined gradually upward toward the opening 4 side.
This is similar to the second embodiment shown in FIG.
a is formed horizontally, and an upwardly inclined portion is provided only on the opening 4 side, and subsequently the second guide groove 6b is formed.
May be provided. The third embodiment shown in FIG.
The battery case 1 is attached to the stove body 3 by a shaft 8 so that the battery case 1 faces the outside of the gas stove body 3 from the opening 4 provided in the side wall 3b of the gas stove body 3 so that the battery entrance 2 of the battery case 1 faces the outside. When the battery case 1 is pivotally supported, this state becomes a battery replacement position. When the battery case 1 is tilted inward of the stove body 3 around the shaft 8 from this state, the battery case 1 is substantially horizontal near the bottom surface of the stove body 3. This is the use position of the posture.

In this embodiment, a cover 9 is provided at the entrance 2 to cover the entrance.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a stopper provided on the upper surface 12 of the battery case 1 so as to be in contact with the inside of the side wall 3b on the periphery of the opening 4 when the entrance 2 of the battery case 1 is switched to the battery replacement position.

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 7, the battery case is mounted near the bottom of the gas stove main body 3 and in the gas stove main body 3 near the opening 4 provided in the side wall 3b. 1 and a use position where the entrance 2 of the battery case 1 is turned down and a substantially horizontal posture is maintained near the bottom surface in the stove body 3, and an opening 4 rotated about 180 ° about the shaft 8. The entrance 2 that has passed through the outside of the gas stove body 3 can be switched to a battery replacement position facing the outside of the gas stove body 3.

Reference numeral 14 denotes a handle provided on the battery case 1.

When the battery case 1 is used, the battery case 1 is entirely stored in the gas stove main body 3 at the use position where the battery case 1 is stored in the gas stove main body 3 as described above.
b does not penetrate into the battery case 1 and the battery case 1 is maintained in a substantially horizontal position near the bottom surface in the gas appliance body 3 so that heat from the burner can be prevented. When the battery is turned around the shaft 8, the battery entrance 2 is easily exposed outside the gas stove body 3, and the replacement of the battery D into the battery case 1 is easily performed. I can do it.

In the above-described embodiment, the use position of the battery case 1 is provided near the bottom surface of the battery case 1 inside the gas stove body 3, but the second problem is solved as follows. The use position does not necessarily need to be near the bottom surface.

[0021]

The battery case device for a gas appliance having the above-described first configuration has the following effects.

In the use position, the battery case is in a substantially horizontal position near the bottom surface inside the gas appliance main body, so that the battery case is kept away from the burner and hardly receives heat from the burner. Therefore, the battery in the battery case can minimize the influence of the heat from the burner, and can prevent the battery from being deteriorated by the influence of the heat from the burner. By switching to the replacement position, the entrance of the battery case faces the outside of the gas appliance body, so that the battery can be easily exchanged from the entrance.

The battery case device for a gas stove having the second configuration has the following effects.

In the use position, the battery case is inside the gas stove main body, and the battery door of the battery case does not reach outside the appliance main body. If the spill does not penetrate into the case, it is possible to eliminate the problem caused by the spill from entering the battery case from the battery doorway of the battery case, and if the battery case is switched to the battery replacement position, Since the battery door of the battery case faces the outside of the gas stove main body, the battery can be easily replaced from the battery door.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a main part showing a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a cutaway side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an operation state diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a main part where the battery case of FIG. 1 is in a use position.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a main part of the second embodiment in which a battery case is in a use position.

FIG. 6 is a cutaway side view of a main part showing a third embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a cutaway side view of a main part showing a fourth embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a sectional side view of a main part showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Battery case 2 Battery entrance 3 Gas stove main body 4 Opening

Claims (2)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A gas appliance body provided with a gas burner on an upper part, to which a battery case for accommodating a battery so as to be able to be freely inserted and removed through an entrance is attached, wherein the battery case is placed in a substantially horizontal posture near a bottom surface in the gas appliance body. A battery case device for a gas appliance, which is switchably provided between a use position of the gas appliance and a battery exchange position where at least the entrance / exit faces outside the gas appliance body. 2. A gas stove body provided with a battery case through an opening provided in a side wall of the gas stove body having a gas burner at an upper portion, wherein the battery case is positioned at least in a use position in the gas stove body. A battery case device for a gas stove, wherein a battery door of the battery case is switchably provided to a battery replacement position facing outside the gas stove body.