JP3273241B2 - Automatic grilling equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic grill apparatus for detecting the temperature of food in a grill storage and judging the completion of cooking based on the detected temperature.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional apparatus of this kind, for example, according to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-182670, a grill pan holding a grill on which food is placed is connected to a grill door, A temperature sensor that contacts the food placed on the grill and detects the temperature of the food is attached to the grill pan or grill, and the two lead wires of the temperature sensor are connected to the tip and the middle of the bar. Connected to a plug having
The plug is attached to a grill pan or a grill so that the longitudinal direction of the plug coincides with the direction in which the grill pan is taken in and out, and the plug is engaged with a jack provided on the grill pan when the opening of the grill pan is closed with the grill door. It has been known.

[0003]

It is necessary to clean the grill pan and the grill. However, in the above-described conventional apparatus, since the plug is attached to the grill pan and the grill, the plug is used when cleaning the grill pan and the grill. It is likely that water will splash. In addition, there is a possibility that water put in the grill pan to receive the broth or water may fall on the plug during cooking. However, since two electrodes of the plug are close to each other via an insulating washer having a thickness of about 1 to 2 mm, if the plug is exposed to water, insulation failure may occur between both terminals.

[0004] In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide an automatic grill apparatus in which the insulation between two lead wires of a temperature sensor is not impaired even when water is slightly applied.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a grill pan which can be taken in and out of a grill cabinet through an opening provided in the front, and a grill which is integrally held by the grill pan. An automatic grilling device that connects the grill door that opens and closes the grill cabinet opening to the grill pan, and pulls the grill door forward and pulls the grill door away from the grill cabinet side when pulling the grill pan out of the grill cabinet. A temperature sensor for detecting the temperature of the placed food, wherein the temperature sensor detects the completion of cooking based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor. In addition, when the two lead wires of the temperature sensor are connected to electrodes provided on the left and right sides of the grill door, and when the grill door closes the opening on the left and right sides of the opening of the grill storage, Characterized by providing an electrode electrically connected to the electrodes of the grill door.

[0006] By connecting the two lead wires of the temperature sensor to the electrodes attached to the left and right sides of the grill door, the electrodes to which each lead wire is connected do not come close to each other. There is no possibility that the insulation between the two lead wires becomes defective.

By the way, one of the electrode attached to the grill door and the electrode provided on the left and right of the opening of the grill box is protruded to form a convex portion, and the other is concave to form a concave portion. However, when the grill door is closed, it is desirable that the projection and the recess engage with each other to position the grill door. In this case, if the projection is formed of an insulator, the projection for positioning can be used also for insulating the electrode.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a main body of a gas table with a grill, in which a grill storage 10 is provided. The grill storage 10 has an upper fire burner 10a.
And a lower fire burner 10b are provided.
The food F placed in the inside is baked and cooked. The food F is cooked while being placed on the grill 2 attached to the grill pan 3. The grill pan 3 is placed on a connecting member 4 detachably attached to a grill door 5.
Therefore, when the grill door 5 is pulled toward the user, the grill pan 3 is pulled out of the grill storage 10 while being placed on the connecting member 4, and in this state, the food F on the grill 2 attached to the grill pan 3 is removed. Uncooked food F is picked up or placed on the grill 2. Then, the grill door 5 is pushed toward the main body 1, and the grill 2 is stored in the grill storage 10 again together with the grill pan 3.

FIG. 2 shows the details of the grill pan 3 and the connecting member 4.
The details of the grill 2 are shown in FIG. The grill 2 has two insertion pieces 21 on the front side and one insertion piece 22 on the rear side. The insertion piece 21 is inserted into the two slit holes 31 provided on the front side of the grill pan 3, and the insertion piece 22 is inserted into the one slit hole 32 provided on the rear side of the grill pan 3. 2 was attached. In the grill pan 3, a mountain-shaped sensor passage 33 is formed continuously from the front end edge to a substantially central portion in the front-rear direction, and a cylindrical heat shield cylinder 34 that is vertically long is attached to the tip end of the sensor passage 33. . With the grill 2 attached to the grill pan 3, the height of the heat shield cylinder 34 was adjusted so that a small gap was formed between the grill 2 and the food F on the grill 2. On the other hand, the connecting member 4 has a rectangular shape by attaching a connecting plate 43 to the near side of the wire 41 bent in a U-shape.
Two ridges 4 projecting upward are provided on the rear side of the wire 41.
2 was formed. The grill pan 3 has two openings 35 at the rear.
Has been established. When the grill pan 3 is placed on the connecting member 4, the left and right flange-shaped portions of the grill pan 3 engage with the left and right sides of the wire 41, and the grill pan is positioned in the vertical and horizontal directions. At this time, the peak portion 42 is inserted into the opening 35, and the grill pan 3 is positioned in the front-rear direction. A reinforcing plate 44 is provided on the wire 41 in the left-right direction, and a sway-preventing plate 44a for preventing the temperature sensor 6 from being displaced in the left-right direction, which will be described later, is attached to a position corresponding to the sensor passage 33. The connection plate 43 has a temperature sensor 6
Notch 4 so that it can be inserted and swing up and down.
3a was provided. Further, an engaging claw 45 for detachably engaging the connecting member 4 with the grill door 5 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 4, the grill door 5 is made of a metal material and has a heat-resistant plate 51 facing the grill housing 10 and an opening formed in the upper half of the heat-resistant plate 51. And a resin-made handle member 7 for holding the heat-resistant glass 52 in a predetermined state with respect to the heat-resistant plate 51. The heat-resistant plate 51 has an engagement hole 53 with which the engagement claw 45 is engaged. Then, with the engagement claw 45 engaged with the engagement hole 53, the leaf spring 54 for holding the connecting plate 43 so as not to separate from the heat-resistant plate 51 with a light force is protruded from the inside of the grill door 5. Therefore, if the lower edge of the connecting plate 43 is pressed against the heat-resistant plate 51 against the urging force of the leaf spring 54 with the engaging claw 45 inserted into the engaging hole 53, the grill door 5 and the connecting member 4 are connected. They are connected together. In the connected state, the lower edge of the connecting plate 43 is separated from the heat-resistant plate 51 against the holding force of the leaf spring 54, and then the engaging claw 45 is pulled out from the engaging hole 53, whereby the connecting member 4 Is separated from the grill door 5. The temperature sensor 6 protrudes from the inside of the grill door 5 through a vertically long opening 55 provided in the heat-resistant plate 51.

As shown in FIG. 5, a pair of ribs 71 are formed on the inner surface of the handle member 7 at predetermined intervals in the left-right direction.
And a pin 73 provided between the two ribs 71 is passed through the tail end of the temperature sensor 6 so that the temperature sensor 6
3 so as to be able to swing vertically.
Also, the leaf spring 72 is positioned below the temperature sensor 6.
Was attached. By the leaf spring 72, the heat-sensitive head 61 at the tip of the temperature sensor 6 is attached to the food F placed on the grill 2.
Is pressed with a moderate force. Also, the handle member 7
Recesses 74 opened to the grill storage 10 side on both left and right sides of
Are formed, and each of the recesses 74 is provided with an electrode 75 which is urged in a protruding direction and is capable of moving forward and backward. Two lead wires 62 from the thermal head 61 protruded from the tail end of the temperature sensor 6, and both lead wires 62 were connected to electrodes 75 respectively.

With the above construction, as shown in FIG. 1, the connecting member 4 is attached to the grill door 5 holding the temperature sensor 6 so as to be swingable.
When the food F is placed on the grill 2 on the grill pan 3 placed on the connecting member 4,
A thermal head 61 having a built-in thermal element such as a thermistor is pressed against the lower surface of the food F to detect the temperature of the food F.
At this time, the temperature sensor 6 is connected to the sensor passage 33 and the heat shield cylinder 34.
The upper fire burner 10a and the lower fire burner 1
It is not affected by heat from Ob. When the grill 2, the grill pan 3, and the connecting member 4 are to be washed, the grill 2, the grill pan 3, and the connecting member 4 are taken out of the grill storage 10 while being connected to the grill door 5, and the grill 2 is removed. The connecting member 4 may be removed from the grill door 5 with the and the pan 3 removed.

As shown in FIG. 6, a grill storage 10 of the main body 1 is provided.
A guide protrusion 12 made of resin, which is a protrusion, is attached to the left and right wall portions 11 of the opening, and a fixed electrode 13 is provided in a substantially central portion of the guide protrusion 12 by being slightly recessed. When the grill door 5 is pushed toward the main body 1 to close the grill cabinet 10, the guide projections 12 are engaged with the concave portions 74 formed on the left and right of the handle member 7, and the grill door 5 is positioned in the vertical direction. When the grill door 5 is further pressed, it comes into contact with the guide projection 12 and
5 is pushed into grill door 5. The grill storage 10 is completely closed at a position where the grill door 5 has advanced until it coincides with the fixed electrode 13. The electrode 75 is pressed against the fixed electrode 13 by the urging force, and the electrode 75 and the fixed electrode 13 are electrically connected to each other. The fixed electrode 13 is connected to a control device (not shown), and the control device determines the type of the food F, such as a cut fish or a round fish, based on the temperature of the food F detected by the temperature sensor 6. And cooking F according to each type
Is determined and the completion of cooking is notified.

By the way, in the apparatus shown in FIG. 6, the electrode 75 of the handle member 7 is configured to be able to advance and retreat, and the fixed electrode 13 is attached to the grill storage 10 side. However, as shown in FIG. A groove 81 that is open forward may be provided at the center in the vertical direction of the resin-made guide protrusion 8, and a flexible plate-like electrode 82 may be mounted in the opening 81. In this case, the electrode 75 does not necessarily need to be configured to be able to advance and retreat, and may be a fixed electrode.

[0015]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, since the electrodes are provided on the left and right sides of the grill door, water is splashed on the grill door when washing the grill pan or grill or during cooking. Also, the insulation between both electrodes is not impaired.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing details of a grill pan and a connecting member.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing details of a grill.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing details of a grill door.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing an attached state of a temperature sensor.

FIG. 6 is a partial perspective view showing the vicinity of an opening of a grill storage;

FIG. 7 is a partial perspective view showing another embodiment around a grill storage opening.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 (of gas table) 2 Grille 3 Grill pan 4 Connecting member 5 Grill door 6 Temperature sensor 7 Handle member 8 Guide projection 12 Guide projection 13 Fixed electrode 75 Electrode 82 Plate electrode

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Atsushi Kama 2-26, Fukuzumi-cho, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Rinnai Corporation (56) References JP-A-7-8392 (JP, A) JP-A-6 -1554099 (JP, A) JP-A-9-182670 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A47J 37/06 F24C 15/02

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A grill pan which can be taken in and out of a grill cabinet through an opening provided at a front side and a grille which is integrally held by the grill pan, and a grill door which opens and closes an opening of the grill cabinet is connected to the grill pan. When pulling out the grill pan from the grill warehouse, it is an automatic grill device that pulls the grill door toward you and pulls the grill door away from the grill warehouse side, and includes a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the food placed on the grill, In the above-mentioned apparatus, the completion of cooking is determined based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor, wherein the temperature sensor is held together with the grill pan so as to be drawn out of the grill storage, and two lead wires of the temperature sensor are connected to the left and right sides of the grill door. And an electrode that is electrically connected to the electrode of the grill door when the grill door closes the opening, on the left and right of the opening of the grill storage, while being connected to the electrode provided in the grill. An automatic grill device characterized by the above-mentioned. 2. A protruding portion is formed by protruding the periphery of one of the electrode attached to the grill door and the electrode provided on the left and right of the opening of the grill chamber, and the other is recessed to form a recess. 2. The automatic grill apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the projection and the recess engage with each other when the grill door is closed to position the grill door. 3. The automatic grilling device according to claim 2, wherein said convex portion is formed of an insulator.