JP2575095Y2 - Rice cooker with handle - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rice cooker, and more particularly to a rice cooker which is rotatably supported by an upper case and has a handle for carrying.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 1, an insulated gas cooker includes an upper case (1) and a lower case (2), and a lid (4) for accommodating a rice cooker (not shown). ) And the lower case (2) with a built-in combustion device.
It is known that this type of rice cooker has an upper case for accommodating a rice cooker after cooking is completed.
A handle (3) is provided for carrying (1).
The handle (3) is formed by bending a strip-shaped metal plate into an inverted U-shape, both ends of which are rotatably supported at the upper part of the body of the upper case (1), and a central portion serving as a handle (32). Things.

[0003] In this case, the entire shape of the handle (3) is set to be large enough to rotate back and forth around the pivots at both ends thereof, and as shown in FIG.
If the handle (3) is not used and the handle (3) is in the way when removing the lid (4) or removing the rice cooker built in the upper case (1), keep it tilted backwards. It is convenient.

However, in this case, when the handle (3) is in an upright position, the handle (3) linearly extends directly above the shaft support located on the axis of the center of gravity of the rice cooker.
Hold the (3) and move the upper case (1) to handle (3)
When the hand is released, the handle (3) does not always fall backward but may fall forward. In some cases, the upright posture is maintained by the frictional force of the shaft support portion or the like.

[0005] Therefore, in the prior art, when the handle (3) is not used, it may be inconvenient because it may be an obstacle. The present invention has been made in view of the above point. "An upper U-shaped handle (3) is attached to an upper case (1), and both ends of the handle (3) are turned around a body of the upper case (1). It is an object of the present invention to provide a rice cooker with a handle that is pivotally supported so that when the handle (3) is not in use, it always falls naturally backward.

[0006]

The technical means of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is as follows: "The two ends of the handle (3) are pivotally supported on a longitudinal axis coincident with the center of gravity of the upper case (1). When both ends of the handle (3) are bent pieces (31), and the handle (3) is in an upright posture, the bent piece (31) is bent rearward from the shaft support. A stopper portion (3) fixed inside the pivot portion of the handle (3) and rotated in accordance with the rotation of the handle (3).
4), a recessed portion (13) in which the stopper portion (34) is housed is provided in the upper case (1),
With the handle (3) in the upright position, the stopper (34) comes into contact with the upper surface of the inner peripheral wall of the recess (13),
The stopper portion (34) comes into contact with the lower surface of the inner peripheral wall of the recessed portion (13) in a state where the handle (3) is tilted substantially horizontally rearward, and the rotation range of the shaft support portion of the handle (3) is adjusted. The range is from the state in which the handlebar (3) is in the upright posture to the state in which the handlebar (3) is tilted substantially horizontally rearward. "

[0007]

The above technical means operates as follows. Both end portions of the handle (3) is a bent piece (31) (31), the distal end portion of the bent piece (31) is pivotally supported on the upper torso of the upper case (1). The shaft support is located on the axis of the center of gravity of the upper case (1). Therefore, when the upper case (1) is moved by holding the handle (3), the upper case (1) is maintained in an upright posture.

When both ends of the handle (3) are in a state in which the handle (3) is in an upright posture, the bending piece (31) is bent rearward from the shaft support portion.
Since the rotation range of the shaft support in (3) is set in a range from the state in which the handle (3) is in the upright posture to the state in which the handle (3) is tilted substantially horizontally rearward, the center of gravity of the handle (3) itself is It is shifted backward from the center of the pivot. Therefore, when the upper case (1) is placed in a predetermined place and the hand is released from the handle (3), the handle (3) is subjected to a backward rotating force.

[0009]

[Effect] When the hand is released from the handle (3) which is in the upright state, the turning power acts on the handle (3) in the backward direction. Therefore, when the handle (3) is not used,
The handle (3) always falls naturally to the rear, so that there is no concern that the cover (4) is removed, the rice cooker is put in and out, and the operation of the front operation unit is not hindered.

It is only necessary to bend both ends of the handle (3) and set the rotation range of the shaft support to a predetermined range, so that the configuration for realizing the above effect is very simple.
Further, in setting the rotation range of the handle shaft support portion of the rice cooker with a handle that is rotatably supported by the body portion of the upper case (1), a pair of the stopper portion (34) and the inner peripheral wall of the concave portion (13) is set. Since the contact is used, the configuration is very simple.

[0011]

Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the upper case (1) and the lower case (2) are square, and the round rice cooker (10) is accommodated in the substantially rectangular parallelepiped upper case (1). A lid (4) is supported at the rear of the open upper end of the case (1) in a one-sided manner.

A cord reel (R) serving as a power supply section for an electric heat insulation device is provided on an upper portion of a rear wall of the upper case (1). At the upper part of the side wall of the upper case (1), both ends of a handle (3) bent in an inverted U-shape are pivotally supported. As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the handle (3) has an arc-shaped protrusion at the center thereof, which is a handle (3).
2), and both end portions are bent piece portions (31) and (31) bent obliquely.

As a matter of course, the overall shape of the handle (3) is set to be slightly larger than the planar shape of the rear region of the handle (3) in the upper case (1). Further, the bent piece portion (31) is inclined so as to descend obliquely forward when the handle (3) is in an upright state. Therefore, in the upright posture of FIG.
The center of gravity of (3) is shifted rearward from the pivot at the tip of the bent piece (31).

Next, in order to pivotally support the tip of the bent piece portion (31), in this embodiment, the upper case (1) made of a metal plate is used.
The base (11) is attached and fixed so that the positioning pins (P) and (P) pass through the upper part of the
(5) becomes a fulcrum axis of the bent piece portion (31). The base (11) has a horizontally long recess (13), and a pair of through holes (14) and (15) are formed at the bottom of the recess. One through hole (1
4) is located on the axis of the center of gravity of the upper case (1) provided with the code reel (R) as in this embodiment. Each of the through holes is a stepped hole, and the outside of the round hole is an oval hole whose minor axis substantially matches the circular hole and whose major axis is slightly larger than this. On the other hand, on the mounting shaft (5), a fulcrum portion (51) having a circular cross section is formed inside the disc-shaped head following the disc-shaped head, and an oval shaft portion (52) just fitted into the oval hole is formed inside the fulcrum portion. Further, a screw portion (53) is arranged continuously inside.

A projection (33) rotatably housed in the recess (13) is formed on the inner surface of the tip of the other bent piece (31), and a shaft hole of the projection (33) is formed. The fulcrum (51) of the mounting shaft (5) is inserted therethrough, whereby the handle (3) is
According to (5), the shaft is rotatably supported. The protrusion (33) is formed with a triangular stopper (34) extending rearward from the insertion portion of the fulcrum (51), and has a recess (13).
Housed within.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the handle (3) is in the upright position, the distal end of the stopper (34) comes into contact with the upper surface of the inner peripheral wall of the recess (13) (the state shown by the solid line in FIG. 6). ), When the handle (3) is tilted rearward in the horizontal position, the distal end of the stopper (34) comes into contact with the lower surface of the inner peripheral wall of the concave (13) (the state shown by the broken line in FIG. 6). The relationship between (13) and the stopper (34) is set.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 5, the base (11) is attached to the positioning hole of the upper case (1) by inserting the positioning pins (P) and (P) into the positioning hole of the upper case (1). (33) is accommodated in the recess (13), the mounting shaft (5) is inserted through the shaft hole of the projection (33), and the screw portion (53) of the mounting shaft (5) is inserted through the through hole (14). The base (11) is fixed to the upper case (1) by positioning the base (11) in the upper case (1), and the handle (3) is fixed by the mounting shaft (5). )
Is rotatably supported, and the rotation range of the handle (3) depends on the relationship between the stopper (34) and the inner peripheral wall of the recess (13).
It is set in the range of the horizontal state where it has fallen backward from the upright state.

When the hand is released from the handle (3) in the upright posture shown in FIG. 3, the handle (3) is securely laid back by its own weight, and the state shown in FIG. 2 is obtained. In this embodiment, since the base (11) is provided with the through-hole (15) separately from the through-hole (14), the position of the handle (3) supported by the handle (3) with respect to the upper case (1) is different. For example, in the case of the upper case (1) having the same configuration as that of the above-described embodiment and not having the code reel (R), the position of the center of gravity is correspondingly increased.
On the front side. When preparing these two types of models, change the position of the through hole through which the screw portion (53) of the mounting shaft (5) is inserted, and insert the mounting shaft (5) through this through hole (15). The handle (3) to support the common base (11).
Can be used.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of a conventional example.

FIG. 2 is a side view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a state in which the handle (3) is upright.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view of a shaft support of the handle (3).

FIG. 6 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 (1) ... Upper case (3) ... Handle (31) ... Bending piece

Continuation of front page (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) A47J 27/00-27/64

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A reverse U-shaped handle to the upper case with a built-in cooking pot (1) (3) is mounted, with handle which both end portions are times Dojiku支the body of the upper case (1) In a rice cooker, both ends of the handle (3) are pivotally supported on a vertical axis coincident with the center of gravity of the upper case (1), and both ends of the handle (3) are bent pieces (31). In a state in which (3) is in the upright posture, the bent piece portion (31) is bent backward from the pivot portion, and further fixed inside the pivot portion of the handle (3), The stopper portion (3) that rotates according to the rotation
4), and a recessed portion (1) in which the stopper portion (34) is housed.
3) is provided on the upper case (1), and the stopper (34) comes into contact with the upper surface of the inner peripheral wall of the recess (13) in a state where the handle (3) is in an upright posture;
The stopper portion (34) comes into contact with the lower surface of the inner peripheral wall of the recessed portion (13) in a state where the handle (3) is tilted substantially horizontally rearward, and the rotation range of the shaft support portion of the handle (3) is adjusted. A rice cooker with a handle set in a range from a state in which the handle (3) is in an upright posture to a state in which the handle (3) is tilted substantially horizontally rearward.