JP3282621B2 - Heat reflector for electric cooker - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a structure of a heat reflector for an electric cooker such as a fish roaster.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, an electric cooker such as a fish roaster is provided with a heating chamber having a heating source such as a heater for heating and cooking the food on a cooking net, and the heating chamber is provided below the food in the heating chamber. A saucer for holding the oil from the food is installed to cook the food such as fish, and the oil dropped from the fish or the like as the heating progresses is placed in the lower saucer. It is designed to be fastened.

[0003]

However, in the case of this configuration, there is a problem that the radiant heat from the heating source directly acts on the oil in the pan and the oil in the pan is heated and smokes.

Therefore, a method has been generally adopted in which a predetermined amount of water is filled in the above-mentioned saucer to prevent the generation of oily smoke. However, when water is filled, the water evaporates and humidifies the food. There is a problem that a problem arises and good cooking cannot be performed.

The invention of this application has been made to solve such a problem. By providing a heat reflecting plate having an oil drain hole between a cooking net and a saucer, heat from a heating source is removed. It is an object of the present invention to provide a heat reflector for an electric cooker that reflects light in the direction of a cooking net to improve the heating efficiency of the cooked food and prevents heating of oil in a saucer due to radiant heat from a heating source. It is.

[0006]

The invention of this application is provided with the following means for solving the problems in order to achieve the above object.

That is, the invention of claim 1 of this application is as follows:
A heat reflection plate provided between the cooking net and the oil pan, and reflecting heat from a heating source in the direction of the cooking net, the heat reflection plate having a large number of concave grooves having a mountain-shaped surface. And a corrugated plate provided with a number of oil drain holes along the longitudinal direction at the bottom of the concave groove.

[0008] Therefore, according to this configuration, the presence of the heat reflection plate eliminates the need for pouring water into the saucer as in the prior art, and the humidification of the cooked food is prevented. In addition, the oil in the saucer is not burned by the radiant heat from the heating source to generate smoke.

In addition, the heat reflecting plate has a large number of concave grooves in which the peaks are rounded, and a large number of oil drain holes are provided in the longitudinal direction along the bottoms of the large number of concave grooves. It is formed by a corrugated plate. Therefore, the reliable collection of oil at the bottom of the large number of concave grooves and the rapid flow of oil through the large number of oil drain holes from the bottom to the tray side are promoted, and the heat reflection plate Baking of the above oil is also effectively prevented.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first aspect, the bottom surface of each of the concave grooves is formed flat, and the oil drain hole is provided on the flat bottom surface. It is characterized by having.

As described above, if the bottom surface of each concave groove is formed flat and the above-described oil drain hole is provided in the flat bottom, the hole may be formed in the flat surface.
Drilling for providing oil drain holes is facilitated.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the configuration of the first or second aspect, the outer peripheral edge of the corrugated plate is bent downward in a round shape to form a frame portion. It is characterized by having.

[0013]

As a result, according to the invention of this application,
It is possible to provide a heat reflecting plate for an electric cooker that can effectively reduce the amount of smoke generated by oil from cooking products and can effectively improve the heating efficiency of the cooking products.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS (Embodiment 1) FIGS.
For example, it shows a configuration of a heat reflector for an electric cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention when the electric cooker is configured as a fish roaster.

First, in FIGS. 1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a box-shaped double-walled housing of the fish roaster whose front side is opened, in which an upper heating element 2 and a lower heating element as heating sources are provided. 3 are provided at predetermined intervals in the vertical direction. On the other hand, reference numeral 4 denotes a concave tray disposed on the lower bottom portion of the lower heating element 3, for example, the opening 1 a of the housing 1.
The door 5 is taken out of the housing 1 in conjunction with the opening and closing of the door 5 that covers the housing 1 and is stored in the housing 1.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a mounting surface on which the food is placed on the upper portion of the tray 4 via a heat reflection plate 20 which will be described later.
a is a side-U-shaped cooking net provided in a state where “a” is positioned above the lower heating element 3, and can be removed from the housing 1 together with the tray 4.

Further, the door 5 comprises a window 7 and a handle portion 8. Inside the handle portion 8, a tray mounting bracket 9 attached so as to cover the entire inner surface of the handle portion 8 is a screw member. 10 is fixed. A U-shaped groove 11 is formed at the upper end of the handle 8 with a predetermined gap between the handle 8 and the tray mounting bracket 9. The window 7 can be detached from the U-shaped groove 11. Is attached.

The heat reflecting surface of the heat reflecting plate 20 has a V-shaped concave groove 20 as shown in FIG.
are formed by press molding into a corrugated shape having b, 20b,..., for example, circular oil drain holes 21, 21,... in the bottom of each concave groove 20b, 20b. Are provided at intervals. Then, by utilizing both tapered surfaces of the concave grooves 20b, 20b, the oil dripping from the cooking material such as fish on the cooking net 6 is effectively collected, and the oil is allowed to flow quickly without stagnation, .. Are held in the receiving pan 4 below the oil drain holes 21, 21,..., So that burning of the oil on the heat reflecting plate 20 is prevented.

On the other hand, the heat reflecting plate 20 is made of, for example, a stainless steel plate of SUS430 or the like having high heat reflecting performance, and radiates heat from the lower heating element 3 and the upper heating element 2 onto the cooking net 6. The reflection in the direction of the cooking product 12 improves the heating efficiency of the cooking product 12, while at the same time, it fulfills the function of shielding heat into the lower tray 4 and the oil collected in the tray 4 is burned to generate a smoke source. It is designed to prevent that.

Further, at the bottom of the housing on the lower surface side of the tray 4, air inlets 22, 22... For sucking air by using a suction force of a deodorizing fan or the like are provided. By flowing cool air to the side, the temperature of the tray 4 is prevented from rising.

The heat reflecting plate 20 has two side edges 20.
a and 20a are locked in a stable state by locking both side edges 4a and 4a of the tray 4.

The reference numeral 30 in FIG.
1 is an operation timer.

Therefore, according to the heat reflecting plate having the above structure,
The presence of the heat reflecting plate 20 between the upper heating element 2 and the lower heating element 3 serving as the heating source and the saucer 4 reflects heat in the direction of the cooking net, thereby improving the efficiency of heating the food. The heat-shielding effect eliminates the need for pouring water into the saucer 4 as in the prior art, and the food is not humidified, so that the baking is improved, while the radiant heat from the lower heating element 3 and the upper heating element 2 increases. The oil in the saucer 4 is not burned to generate smoke, which contributes to making the fish roaster smokeless and odorless.

(Modification) FIGS. 5 and 6 show a heat reflector 2 for an electric cooker according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
0 shows a configuration of a modification example.

That is, in the heat reflecting plate 20 of the modified example,
Instead of having a V-shaped concave groove as described above, the wave-shaped cross-sectional shape having the concave grooves 20b, 20b,...
And the bottom surface of the groove is formed flat, and a number of circular oil drain holes 21, 21... Are provided in the longitudinal direction of the flat bottom surface, and the outer peripheral edge is formed. A frame portion is formed by being bent downward in a round shape.

With the heat reflecting plate 20 having such a structure, the same operation as that of the first embodiment can be realized, and in the case of the structure, the heat reflecting plate 20 has a structure which is smaller than that of the first embodiment. In addition, processing during press forming and drilling is facilitated.

(Embodiment 2) Next, FIG. 7 and FIG.
4 shows a configuration of a heat reflector for an electric cooker according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

In this configuration, as shown in FIG. 7, the peaks similar to those in FIGS. 5 and 6 are rounded and the bottoms of the grooves are flat at both side edges 20a, 20a of the heat reflecting plate 20. Engaging grooves 29, 2 of cooking net 6 having a slit shape on the upper surface.
9 are formed, while the cooking net 6 has its legs 6b.
At the center of the lower piece portion, there are provided protrusions 28, 28 which are inserted into and engaged with the engagement grooves 29, 29 on the heat reflection plate 20 side. It is configured to be inclined when placed on the tray 4.

Therefore, as described above, first, the heat reflecting plate 20 is locked on the tray 4, and the protrusions 28, 28 and the engaging grooves 29, 29 are mutually engaged on the heat reflecting plate 20. When the cooking net 6 is provided, as in the case of FIG.
Is properly installed in a horizontal state.
If the cooking net 6 is placed directly on the receiving pan 4 without being locked on the receiving pan 4, the cooking net 6 is inclined as shown in FIG. 8, for example, and proper cooking cannot be performed.

Therefore, this allows the user to always use the heat reflecting plate 20 to cook.

(Modification) Next, FIGS. 9 and 10 show a modification of the heat reflector 20 for an electric cooker according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

In the structure of the modification, the structure of the heat reflection plate 20 in the second embodiment is more specifically the same as that of FIGS. 5 and 6 according to the modification of the first embodiment. And the both side edges 20a, 20a
The engagement grooves 29, 2 of the projections 28, 28 of the cooking net 6 side legs 6b, 6b are provided at the center of the bottom of the side concave grooves 20b, 20b in the front-rear direction.
9 is formed.

With this configuration, when the cooking net 6 is engaged with the heat reflecting plate 20, the projections 28 of the legs 6b, 6b are inserted into the engagement grooves 29, 29 using the concave grooves 20b, 20b as guide grooves. , 28 can be engaged, the engagement becomes easy, and the oil falling along the legs 6b, 6b can be reliably introduced into the tray 4.

The structure of the other portions of the cooking net 6 is exactly the same as that of the second embodiment, and has the same operation and effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway front view of an electric cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway plan view of the electric cooker.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a heat reflection plate, which is a main part of the electric cooker.

FIG. 5 is a plan view of a modification of the heat reflector for the electric cooker according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view (BB of FIG. 5) of the heat reflection plate.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a heat reflector for an electric cooker according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a partially cutaway explanatory view showing the operation of the heat reflection plate.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a configuration of a modification of the heat reflector for an electric cooker according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a plan view of the same.

[Description of References] 1 is a housing, 2 is an upper heating element, 3 is a lower heating element, 4 is a saucer, 6 is a cooking net, 5 is a door, 20 is a heat reflecting plate, 20a is an edge, 20b is a concave groove, 21 is an oil drain hole, 28 is a protrusion, 2
9 is an engagement groove.

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A heat reflection plate provided between a cooking net and an oil pan, for reflecting heat from a heating source in the direction of the cooking net. A heat reflecting plate for an electric cooker, comprising a corrugated plate having a plurality of oil drain holes along the longitudinal direction at the bottom of the plurality of concave grooves. 2. The heat reflecting plate for an electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein the bottom surface of each concave groove is formed flat, and the oil drain hole is provided on the flat bottom surface. 3. The heat reflecting plate for an electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein an outer peripheral edge of the corrugated plate is bent downward in a round shape to form a frame portion.