JP4029414B2 - Cooker top plate - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a top plate of a cooker provided with an electromagnetic induction heating device.

  In the heating system of the electric cooker, an infrared heating device such as a radiant heater, a halogen heater known as a high output type, or an electromagnetic induction heating device using an induction heater (IH) is used.

  Conventionally, a dark crystallized glass plate that blocks visible light and transmits infrared light has been used as a top plate of a cooking appliance equipped with an infrared heating device. The blocking of visible light is to make it difficult to see the internal structure of the heating device or the like at room temperature, to reduce strong visible light emission from the halogen heater, and to prevent glare. In addition, since this kind of cooking device can visually recognize the red-heated heater part through the dark-colored crystallized glass plate, it is used as a mark at the time of heating.

  On the other hand, in recent years, an electromagnetic cooker using electromagnetic induction heating using an induction heater (IH) is becoming widespread.

A cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device does not generate visible light unlike an infrared heating device, and therefore does not light a heater unit that serves as a mark during heating. Therefore, electromagnetic cookers have come to separately display the electromagnetic heating power using a light emitting diode or the like. Some of these heating power display bodies are provided on the side of the cooking device, but those which are installed near the heating unit and can confirm the heating power through the top plate are becoming mainstream. However, since the light emitted from the light emitting diode is not as strong as the light emitted from the conventional infrared heater, the dark crystallized glass plate has a drawback that the light from the diode is not noticeable and difficult to see. Therefore, a transparent crystallized glass plate is being used for such a top plate.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-273342 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-238841

  When using a transparent crystallized glass plate as a top plate for a cooker, it is necessary to hide the internal structure of a heating device or the like below the top plate for design reasons. Therefore, it is necessary to apply a light shielding layer to the entire area of the transparent crystallized glass plate except for the surface portion such as a light emitting diode. Furthermore, in addition to this light shielding layer, the top plate needs a decorative layer that indicates the heater location and notes, but if a light shielding layer is applied to the cooking surface side by a general method, The thickness of the coating layer increases and the stress due to the difference in thermal expansion generated between the coated layer and the substrate becomes excessive, resulting in problems of cracks and peeling.

  Regarding this, there is a method of preventing the cracks by making the light shielding layer porous, but in this case, there is a disadvantage that the gloss is lost and the design is not preferable, and the cleaning property is deteriorated because it is not smooth. Further, the porous membrane is not preferable because the wear damage due to contact with a cooking utensil or the like becomes severe.

  The objective of this invention is providing the top plate for cookers which has a glossy smooth cooking surface, and can conceal an internal structure.

  The top plate for a cooker of the present invention is used as a top plate of a cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device, and is a top plate for a cooker made of a low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate. A decorative layer composed of a dense inorganic pigment layer is formed on part or all of the cooking surface side, and a light shielding layer composed of a porous inorganic pigment layer is formed on part or all of the heating device side. To do. Further, the light shielding layer is provided with an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region.

  The top plate for a cooker of the present invention is used as a top plate of a cooker provided with an electromagnetic induction heating device and an infrared heating device, and is a top plate for a cooker made of a low-expansion transparent crystallized glass plate. A decorative layer made of a dense inorganic pigment layer is formed on part or all of the cooking surface side of the crystallized glass plate, and a light shielding layer made of a porous inorganic pigment layer is formed on part or all of the heating device side. It is characterized by becoming. Further, the light shielding layer is provided with an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region.

  The top plate for a cooker of the present invention can sufficiently conceal the internal structure and the cooking surface has a glossy and smooth surface, which is not only excellent in design but also has good cleaning properties. Further, an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region is provided. Therefore, it is suitable as a top plate of a cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device or an infrared heating device.

  In the present invention, the functions of the coating layer on the cooking surface side (front side) and the heating device side (back side) of the top plate are separated, and a decorative layer is formed on the front side, and a light-shielding layer is formed on the back side. It has a surface and the internal structure can be sufficiently concealed.

  By forming a porous inorganic pigment layer as a light shielding layer on the back side of the top plate, problems such as peeling due to rubbing and cracks due to overcoating can be avoided, and the internal structure can be sufficiently concealed. .

  On the other hand, a glossy and smooth surface is required on the front side of the top plate. In general, since a transparent crystallized glass plate originally sufficiently satisfies these characteristics, it is preferable to minimize the formation region of the decorative layer. In the present invention, since the light shielding layer is applied to the back side, the front side decorative layer can be minimized. Furthermore, since the decorative layer is required to have gloss and smoothness, the present invention employs a dense inorganic pigment layer.

  The inorganic pigment layer constituting the decoration layer is made of an inorganic pigment and glass. In order to form a dense layer, the proportion of glass is preferably 50% by mass or more. In addition, the inorganic pigment layer constituting the light shielding layer is composed of an inorganic pigment and glass, and the proportion of glass is preferably 50% by mass or less in order to form a porous inorganic pigment layer.

As the inorganic pigment powder, in addition to white pigments such as TiO ₂ , ZrO ₂ , ZrSiO ₄ , Co—Al—Zn, Co—Al—Si, Co—Al—Ti blue pigments, Co—Al—Cr , Co—Ni—Ti—Zn green pigment, Ti—Sb—Cr, Ti—Ni yellow pigment, Co—Si red pigment, Ti—Fe—Zn, Fe—Zn, Fe Ni-Cr-based, Zn-Fe-Cr-Al-based brown pigments, Cu-Cr-based, Cu-Cr-Fe-based, Cu-Cr-Mn-based black pigments, and the like can be used.

Examples of the glass powder include B ₂ O ₃ —SiO ₂ type, Na ₂ O—CaO—SiO ₂ type, Li ₂ O—Al ₂ O ₃ —SiO ₂ type, ZnO—Al ₂ O ₃ —P ₂ O ₅ type, etc. Glass can be used.

  The thickness of the coating layer is preferably 0.1 to 50 μm, particularly preferably 0.2 to 40 μm for both the decorative layer and the light shielding layer. If thickness is 0.1 micrometer or more, visible light shielding for concealing a decoration and a heating apparatus can fully be performed. Moreover, if it is 50 micrometers or less, problems, such as peeling of a coating layer, a cost increase, and glass coloring by the increase in impurities at the time of remelting and recycling a crystallized glass plate, become difficult to occur.

  An unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region is provided in the light shielding layer on the back side. For example, an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region can be provided around the heated portion.

The transparent crystallized glass plate in the present invention is preferably a colorless transparent low expansion crystallized glass, but a colored transparent crystallized glass may be used as long as the object of the present invention is achieved. Since the crystallized glass plate is repeatedly heated and cooled, the crystallized glass plate is required to have low expansion. The average linear thermal expansion coefficient at 30 to 750 ° C. is −10 to + 30 × 10 ⁻⁷ / ° C., particularly −10 to It is desirable to use one in the range of + 20 × 10 ⁻⁷ / ° C. If the thermal expansion coefficient is within the above range, it will not crack due to the difference in expansion due to the temperature distribution inside the top plate during heating. An example of crystallized glass that satisfies this condition is N-0 manufactured by Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd.

  The top plate for a cooker of the present invention is manufactured as follows. First, a low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate molded and processed to a predetermined size is prepared. Further, a mixed powder obtained by mixing an inorganic pigment and glass powder at a predetermined ratio is made into a paste to prepare a light shielding layer paste. Next, the light shielding layer paste is printed on the heating device side (back side) of the crystallized glass plate by a method such as screen printing, and after drying, it is fired to form a light shielding layer. Furthermore, the mixed powder in which the inorganic pigment and the glass powder are mixed at a predetermined ratio is made into a paste to produce a decorative layer paste. Next, this paste is printed on the cooking surface side (front side), dried and fired to form a decorative layer. In this way, the top plate for a cooker of the present invention can be obtained. In addition, after forming the front side decoration layer first, you may form the back side light shielding layer.

  The top plate of the present invention can also be used as a top plate of a cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device and an infrared heating device.

  In the case of a cooker having an infrared heating device, the infrared transmittance of the infrared heating portion of the top plate is required to be high. Therefore, in order to increase the infrared transmittance of the light shielding layer, it is preferable to reduce the printing density of the inorganic pigment layer in the infrared heating portion or to reduce the film thickness. Further, instead of the inorganic pigment layer, a raster layer having a high infrared transmittance may be formed.

  When the printing density is lowered, the printing density of the infrared heating part is preferably 40 to 80%, particularly 50 to 80% of the printing density of the electromagnetic heating part. If the printing density of the infrared heating part is 40% or more of the electromagnetic heating part, it is possible to shield visible light to completely hide the heating device, and if the printing density is 80% or less, the infrared transmission amount is sufficient. High cooking performance can be obtained.

As a method of reducing the printing density of the infrared heating portion, for example, there is a method of providing a large number of apertures (non-printing portions). When forming the apertures, it is desirable to uniformly distribute the entire infrared heating portion. The size of each opening is preferably about 0.05 to 5 mm in diameter, particularly about 0.1 to 3 mm. Further, it is preferable to form about 5 to 500 holes, especially about 10 to 500 holes per 1 cm ² .

  When making the film thickness thin, it is preferable to set the thickness to about 10 to 50%, particularly about 10 to 40% of the inorganic pigment layer of the electromagnetic heating portion. If it is 10% or more, the contrast with the surroundings does not increase, and it becomes difficult to stand out. Moreover, if it is 50% or less, infrared rays will increase, and sufficient cooking performance will be obtained.

  When forming a raster layer, those containing metal elements such as Au, Pt, Pd, Rh, Bi, Sn, Ni, Fe, Cr, Ti, Ca, Si, Mg, and composites thereof can be used. . In particular, those containing Au, Pd, Bi, Sn, Fe, Ti, etc. can be suitably used.

  The raster layer preferably has an average thickness of 0.1 to 10 μm, particularly 0.1 to 0.5 μm. If the thickness is 0.1 μm or more, it is possible to shield visible light to hide the infrared heating device, and if it is 10 μm or less, there are many impurities when the cost is increased or the crystallized glass plate is remelted and recycled. The problem that the glass becomes colored is less likely to occur.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on examples.

First, a resin and an organic solvent were added to a frit made of a commercially available Cu—Cr—Mn black inorganic pigment and B ₂ O ₃ —SiO ₂ glass powder to prepare a light shielding layer paste. The mixing ratio of the inorganic pigment powder and the glass powder was 7: 3 by mass ratio. Next, this paste is screened on the heating device side (back side) of a transparent crystallized glass plate N-0 (average linear thermal expansion coefficient of 4 to 10 ^-7 / ° C at 30 to 750 ° C) manufactured by Nippon Electric Glass Co., Ltd. Printed. Subsequently, the paste was dried at 100 to 150 ° C. for 10 to 20 minutes and then baked at 850 ° C. for 30 minutes to form a light shielding layer 2 on the crystallized glass plate 1 as shown in FIG. In the light shielding layer formed in this manner, adjacent inorganic pigments are bonded and integrated with each other by glass, and pores that are independent or communicated between the inorganic pigments are formed. When the light shielding layer was measured with a film thickness meter, the thickness was 5 μm.

Formation of the decorative layer on the other surface (front side) serving as the cooking surface was prepared as follows. A decorative layer paste was prepared by adding a resin and an organic solvent to a frit composed of a TiO ₂ white inorganic pigment and a B ₂ O ₃ —SiO ₂ glass powder. The mixing ratio of the inorganic pigment powder and the glass powder was 3: 7 by mass ratio. Next, this paste was screen-printed on the surface (front side) opposite to the surface on which the light shielding layer was formed. Subsequently, the paste was dried at 100 to 150 ° C. for 10 to 20 minutes, and then baked at 850 ° C. for 30 minutes to form the decorative layer 3 on the crystallized glass plate 1. The decorative layer formed in this way has an inorganic pigment dispersed in glass and contains almost no pores. When the decorative layer was measured with a film thickness meter, the thickness was 5 μm.

  As for the obtained top plate, when the light shielding layer formed on the back side of the top plate was observed, no cracks were observed. The front side had a glossy and smooth surface.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the top plate for cookers of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate 2 Shading layer 3 Decoration layer

Claims (2)

  A top plate for a cooker that is used as a top plate of a cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device and is made of a low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate, and is a dense inorganic pigment layer on the cooking surface side of the low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate And a light shielding layer made of a porous inorganic pigment layer is formed on the heating device side. The light shielding layer is provided with an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region. A top plate for a cooking device.   It is used as a top plate of a cooker equipped with an electromagnetic induction heating device and an infrared heating device, and is a top plate for a cooker made of a low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate, which is dense on the cooking surface side of the low expansion transparent crystallized glass plate A decorative layer made of an inorganic pigment layer is formed, a light shielding layer made of a porous inorganic pigment layer is formed on the heating device side, and an unformed portion for forming a light emitting diode display region is formed on the light shielding layer. A top plate for a cooker characterized by being provided.

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