JP2711335B2 - Food heating device that is used in transportation equipment such as automobiles, ships, and aircraft, and is heated by microwaves using the power supply of this transportation equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a food product which is used in a transportation device such as an automobile, a ship and an aircraft and which heats the food by microwaves generated by using a unique power source of the transportation device. More specifically, foods that can be used in transportation devices such as automobiles, ships, and aircraft, and that heat food by microwaves obtained by using the output from a unique power supply of these transportation devices A heating device.

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, so-called microwave ovens using microwaves have been increasingly used to heat and cook foods. Microwave heating and cooking use the clean energy of electricity (microwave), so compared to other cooking devices in terms of safety, simplicity of operation, and comfort such as quick finishing without raising the room temperature. It seems that it will become more popular because of its superiority.

On the other hand, food that is cooked or cooked using a microwave,
That is, there are various types of microwave oven food products. The widespread use of these foods is largely attributable to the fact that plastic containers and bags having excellent microwave permeability and high heating efficiency have replaced conventional containers made of metallic materials such as tinplate and aluminum. Against such a background in recent years, it is expected that the diversification of microwave oven foods stored in plastic containers and bags and the enhancement of functions of microwave ovens for heating and cooking will progress, and a new lifestyle will be born.

At present, microwave ovens, which are widely used, are installed indoors, such as kitchens of general households, food retail stores, business establishments, school lunches, etc., and should be used in a relatively large and stable place. It is designed and used on the premise.

Therefore, microwave food can only be eaten indoors or in the vicinity thereof.

For those who work away from indoors,
A variety of foods such as bento, bread, and canned are conceived, but they are all cold as they are, cannot be heated without a heating means, and are not satisfactory in terms of taste and nutrition.

Therefore, as a method of obtaining a hot meal outdoors on the way of travel, leisure, work, etc., for example, an external heating method of supplying direct heat energy to foods such as a bonfire or a hot hender and heating the foods, a sightseeing bus, a mobile restaurant, a camping car, etc. For example, a water heater, a microwave heating method, or the like that uses an output from a power source of the moving body, which is provided by the moving body, can be considered. But,
The former takes a long time to heat, the work is complicated, the latter is limited to liquid, it is inconvenient to transfer, and the microwave heating method is relatively stable as described above. At present, there is no known microwave heating method applicable to a transportation device such as an automobile described above, as there is only a commercially available product that is designed on the assumption that the device is used in a stationary state.

As described above, in the related art, there is no suitable means for heating foods outdoors, and there is only a means of directly using heat energy, a water heater or a stationary microwave oven.

Therefore, there is a need for a simple and rapid heating means that can be used in transportation devices such as automobiles, ships, and aircraft.

Problem to be Solved by the Invention The object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the conventional examples, and specifically, to easily and rapidly heat foods in a moving body such as an automobile, a ship and an aircraft. It is an object of the present invention to provide a heating device for foods, which can occupy a small amount of space.

Means for Solving the Problems and Their Actions That is, the present invention is arranged in a transportation device such as an automobile, a ship, and an aircraft, and generates microwaves by using a unique power supply of the transportation device to be heated. A microwave heating apparatus for heating food, wherein a closed container for heating the food to be heated is configured to have a curved top surface and a flat bottom surface, and the closed container including a side portion of the curved surface. Notch at the section to form a carry-in entrance for the food to be heated, while a curved door opening and closing groove is provided along the inner wall surface of the curved surface portion of the upper surface, sliding up and down along this door opening and closing groove and forming a curved surface A door is provided, and a turntable for supporting the food to be heated is further provided. A stopper is movably implanted in a groove radially provided from the center of the turntable toward the outer periphery, and the stopper is positioned at a predetermined position. And is fixed with screws.

Hereinafter, the configuration as the means of the present invention and the operation thereof will be further described as follows.

The present inventors have investigated the reason why the conventional stationary microwave oven is not applicable to use in transportation devices such as automobiles, ships and aircraft, and found that the following conditions must be satisfied.

(1) The microwave oven uses a power source or the like unique to the moving object. (2) The space in the transportation device is extremely small, so that the container of the microwave oven is compact. (3) The movement of the moving object. , And so on.

The present inventors have further studied a heating device that satisfies such conditions, and based on this research, the present invention has been established. According to the study of the present inventors, the moving bodies, such as automobiles, ships, and aircrafts, each have an electric circuit based on private power generation. It has been found that a heating device for foods that can be loaded on a moving body can be obtained by preventing the occurrence of a problem and reducing the size.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but the following description will be made with an example in which a microwave heating device is mounted on a passenger car as a transportation means, but the present invention is not limited to this example, Everything known as transport equipment applies.

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food heating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of a turntable of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a turntable of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a portion surrounded by a circle in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a door portion of a conventional stationary microwave oven.

1 is a transformer, 2 is a magnetron, 3 is a conductive tube, 4
Is a mode stirrer, 5 is a cooking space, 6 is a turntable, 7 is a stopper, 8 is a door, 9 is an operation button panel, 10 is an exhaust pipe, 11 is a power supply, 12 is a door opening / closing groove, 13 is a fixing screw, 14 is a groove, 15 is a center part, and 16 is a food container.

Hereinafter, a power supply, a heating device main body, a turntable, and a mounting position which are components of the present invention will be described in order.

(1) Power supply The electric circuit of a passenger car is generally 12 V, and this power supply is used.

A microwave of 2450 MHz corresponding to the voltage of 12 V is generated from a microwave transmission tube built in the mode stirrer 4 shown in FIG. 1, or a voltage of 12 V is output from a cigarette lighter socket mounted on a passenger car. Get the output,
This voltage is transformed by the transformer 1 shown in FIG. 1, and the output is inputted to the magnetron 2 to generate a microwave.

Also, converting a DC power supply into an AC can be incorporated in the same way.

(2) Heating device main body As shown in FIG. 1, it is compact in width (not shown), depth (b), and height (a).

That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the sealed container for heating the food in the food container 16 with microwaves should be configured such that the top surface is curved and the bottom surface is flat, and the space is compact even in a small space. To be able to A part including a side surface of the closed container having this shape is cut out, and the cutout portion is called a carry-in port, and a door opening / closing groove 12 is formed along an inner wall surface of a curved upper surface. An opening / closing door 8 is provided so that it can slide in the door opening / closing groove 12, and the opening / closing door 8 is configured as a curved door. With this configuration, when the curved door 8 is lifted upward by grasping the knob 8a, the curved door 8 slides and is housed in the door opening / closing groove 12, and is formed with a carry-in port. Thus, the food container 16 can be placed from above. Therefore, even in a space such as a small car, the food container 16 can be taken in and out without any trouble.

Since the space inside a passenger car is small, it is necessary to keep food in and out of the vehicle in a range of outer width × rearward × height. For this reason, the opening / closing door 8 has a structure such as a curved sliding door, for example, which is completely different from the front opening type door of the stationary microwave oven. In the conventional stationary type, as shown in FIG. 5, when the door 8 is opened and closed, the door is pulled forward.
Operation is difficult if there is no room in the front space. That is, the space when opening the door 8 is If the angle θ is not more than 45 °, it is difficult to put food in and out, and it can be used only in one direction.

In the present invention, if a door such as a curved slide door is used to open and close the door 8, the food container 16 can be put in and out from the front upper surface at the time of use, and the door 8 slides in the door opening and closing groove 12 in the main body. It fits inside the body. Operability and space saving can be completely satisfied.

In addition, the well-known thing should just apply the technique of the stationary type microwave oven, such as a warehouse inner wall, a door material, and microwave leakage prevention.

(3) Turntable The conventional stationary microwave oven has a turntable that rotates on a plane at a height of about 3 cm (1/4 of the microwave wavelength) from the bottom in order to make microwave irradiation uniform. However, no consideration is given to a problem in the case of using the present invention for the purpose of the present invention, that is, a measure for preventing shaking during driving or food slippage during acceleration / deceleration.

In the present invention, as shown in FIG. 2, FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the turntable 6 is a disc (basin) made of a non-conductive material, for example, glass, ceramic, or the like. Grooves 14 are provided in two or more directions, preferably in four directions, and each groove 14 is provided with a stopper 7 which stands perpendicularly to the tray surface. The stopper 7 is always kept vertical, and can be freely moved from the center 15 to the outer periphery. Be able to slide and stop midway. The food container 16 to be heated is placed on the turntable 6, the slidable stopper 7 is brought close to the turntable 6, and the stopper 7 is fixed at the place where it can be positioned with the fixing screw 13, and the food container 16 is clamped and fixed from all sides. . This is merely an example, and a method of fixing the food container 16 to the turntable 6 using a belt made of a non-conductive material or a spring that is always pulled to the center may be used.

In this way, cooking can be performed in a normal condition without shifting or falling down of the range food container at any time such as during traveling.

(4) Mounting Position The device designed as described above is installed as if mounting a car audio on a wall around the front passenger seat, a wall near the rear passenger seat, or behind the passenger seat. Instead of being dug up, it may be set up so that it does not get in the way at the feet and rear.

In this way, it is possible to heat the range food and enjoy a meal while traveling while traveling without eroding the living space of the driver or passenger.

With the diversification of new eating styles, consumers will be able to enjoy new conveniences of consuming warm foods anywhere.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention is arranged in a transportation device such as an automobile, a ship, and an aircraft, and generates microwaves by using a unique power source of the transportation device to heat the food to be heated. A microwave heating device for heating the closed container for heating the food to be heated, the upper surface of which is curved and the bottom is flat, and a part of the closed container including the side of the curved surface. Notch to form the entrance for the heated food,
A curved door opening and closing groove is provided along the inner wall surface of the curved surface portion of the upper surface, a door that slides up and down along the door opening and closing groove and forms a curved surface, and a turntable that supports the food to be heated is provided. A stopper is movably implanted in a groove provided radially from the center of the turntable to the outer periphery thereof, and the stopper is fixed at a predetermined position with a screw.

Therefore, since the heating device of the present invention is safe and compact, it can be installed in a transportation device such as an automobile, a ship, and an aircraft in a small space, can withstand vibration, and can always easily produce foods. Can be heated in a short time,
It has the effect of being able to eat warm food.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a food heating apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view of the turntable of FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of the turntable part of FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a part surrounded by a circle in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is an explanatory view of a door portion of a conventional stationary microwave oven. Symbol 1 transformer 2 magnetron 3 conductive tube 4 mode stirrer 5 cooking space 6 turntable 7 stopper 8 door 9 operation button panel 10 ... exhaust pipe, 11 ... power supply 12 ... door opening and closing groove, 13 ... fixing screw 14 ... groove, 15 ... central part 16 ... food container

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A microwave heating device which is disposed in a transport device such as an automobile, a ship, and an aircraft, generates microwaves by using a unique power supply of the transport device, and heats the food to be heated. The closed container for heating the food to be heated is configured so that the top surface has a curved surface and the bottom surface is flat, and a portion of the closed container including the side portion of the curved surface is cut out to carry in the heated food. On the other hand, a curved door opening / closing groove is provided along the inner wall surface of the curved surface portion of the upper surface, and a door that slides up and down along the door opening / closing groove and forms a curved surface is further provided. A turntable for supporting the heated food is provided, and a stopper is movably implanted in a groove provided radially from the center of the turntable toward the outer periphery, and the stopper is fixed with a screw at a predetermined position. Characteristic self Cars, ships and food heating apparatus for heating in a microwave by utilizing the power of being used in the transportation device such as an aircraft, the transport device.