JP4079846B2 - System kitchen - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system kitchen, and more particularly to lighting in the system kitchen.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in a system kitchen, in order to ensure illuminance (brightness) necessary for cooking work or the like, a lighting device that can be lit at any time is always installed at an appropriate position (see, for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2). ). According to the reference value specified by JIS, the illuminance required for cooking is about 300 Lx. Incidentally, the illuminance necessary for reading is about 700 Lx, and the illuminance necessary for cleaning is about 400 Lx.
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-42244 [Patent Document 2]
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-155844 [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
According to the results of the applicant's survey, if there is no ambient light such as lighting attached to the ceiling in the conventional average system kitchen, 300 Lx or more only in a fairly narrow specific area such as directly under the lighting attached to the kitchen The illuminance is only ensured. Also, when there is ambient light from the ceiling or from the living room side, the area where illuminance of 300Lx or more is secured is expanded to some extent, but illuminance of 300Lx or more is not necessarily secured over the entire work surface on the counter. It is not done.
[0005]
In general, in the kitchen, fine cooking using a kitchen knife, checking ingredients, checking recipes written in small letters (for example, work similar to reading), cleaning after cooking (for example, work similar to cleaning), etc. Must be performed at various positions and at various positions. Referring to the above JIS-designated illuminance reference value and the applicant's survey results, the conventional system kitchen could not secure the necessary illuminance at the required position when necessary.
[0006]
This invention is made | formed in view of the above-mentioned subject, and when it is required, it aims at providing the system kitchen provided with the illuminating device which can ensure required illuminance in a required position. .
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a lighting device that can be embedded below the counter surface when not needed, and is configured to project the lighting device above the counter surface when in use .
The lighting device includes a cylindrical light transmission member extending in a substantially vertical direction, a rod-shaped member extending through the light transmission member in a substantially vertical direction, and a light source provided at an upper end of the rod-shaped member. And
The lighting device includes a first lighting state in which the light source is brought close to the upper end of the light transmitting member to guide most of the light from the light source to the inside of the light transmitting member, and the light source is connected to the upper end of the light transmitting member. A system kitchen with a lighting device is provided, wherein the system kitchen is configured to be switchable between a second lighting state in which most of the light from the light source is guided to the counter surface while being separated from the light source .
[0008]
According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, when the upper end surface of the lighting device embedded below the counter surface is pressed, the lighting device projects into the lighting state by projecting above the counter surface .
[0009]
According to a preferred aspect of the present invention, the light source has a plurality of LEDs arranged on a circumference centered on the axis of the light transmitting member. Moreover, it is preferable that the said illuminating device is provided in the several position on the said counter surface.
[0010]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The system kitchen of the present invention includes a lighting device that can be switched between a light-out state embedded below the counter surface and a light-up state protruding upward from the counter surface. Therefore, for example, among the lighting devices provided at a plurality of positions on the counter surface, the illumination device at a desired position is pulled up from the counter surface and lighted up in a timely manner, so that the necessary illuminance can be obtained at the required position when necessary. Can be secured.
[0011]
The lighting device of the present invention is provided with a cylindrical light transmission member extending in a substantially vertical direction, a rod-shaped member extending through the light transmission member in a substantially vertical direction, and an upper end of the rod-shaped member. It is preferable to have a light source. Thus, with a relatively simple configuration, it is possible to realize a tube-type lighting device that can be switched between a light-out state embedded below the counter surface and a light-up state protruding upward from the counter surface.
[0012]
In this case, the lighting device has a first lighting state in which the light source is brought close to the upper end of the light transmitting member to guide most of the light from the light source to the inside of the light transmitting member, and the light source is separated from the upper end of the light transmitting member. It is preferable to be configured to be switchable between a second lighting state in which most of the light from the light source is guided to the counter surface. With this configuration, two lighting states with completely different illuminance distributions can be realized by a relatively simple operation.
[0013]
Moreover, in this invention, it is preferable that a light source has several LED arrange | positioned on the circumference centering on the axis line of a light transmissive member. In this configuration, the light transmission member can emit light substantially uniformly in the circumferential direction using an LED that does not require replacement. Moreover, in the aspect switched between a 1st lighting state and a 2nd lighting state, a counter surface can be illuminated substantially uniformly over the perimeter of an illuminating device in a 2nd lighting state.
[0014]
Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an overall configuration of a system kitchen according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the overall configuration and operation of the illumination device according to the present embodiment. Moreover, FIG. 3 is a figure which shows schematically the principal part structure of the illuminating device concerning this embodiment.
[0015]
In the present embodiment, the present invention is applied to an island type system kitchen that is installed without contacting a wall. The island-type system kitchen is characterized by a high degree of freedom of access. Referring to FIG. 1, an island type system kitchen 1 according to the present embodiment includes a base cabinet 2 placed on a floor (not shown).
[0016]
At the upper part of the base cabinet 2, a cooking device 3 such as IH and a sink 4 are provided from the left side (right side in the figure) toward the system kitchen 1. Adjacent to the sink 4, for example, a hot water / water mixing type faucet 5 is provided. Furthermore, in the system kitchen 1 according to the present embodiment, a plurality of switches that can be switched between a light-out state embedded below the surface of the counter 6 and a light-up state protruding upward from the surface of the counter 6 (FIG. 1). Then, for example, three lighting devices 7 are provided.
[0017]
As shown in detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, the illuminating device 7 includes a cylindrical light transmission member 7a extending in a substantially vertical direction, and a rod-shaped member 7b extending through the light transmission member 7a in a substantially vertical direction. And a light source 7c provided at the upper end of the rod-like member 7b. Here, the light transmission member 7a is formed of, for example, an acrylic pipe. Moreover, the rod-shaped member 7b is formed, for example with the stainless steel pipe.
[0018]
The light source 7c includes a plurality of LEDs (only two are displayed in FIG. 3) arranged on the circumference centered on the axis of the light transmitting member 7a (substantially coincident with the axis of the rod-like member 7b). Light emitting diode). Further, a grip portion 7d is provided at the upper end of the rod-like member 7b so as to cover a plurality of LEDs 7c as a light source. The grip portion 7d is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape, for example, of the same stainless steel as the rod-shaped member 7b.
[0019]
When it is not necessary, the illumination device 7 of the present embodiment is buried below the surface of the counter 6 and turned off as shown in FIG. At this time, the illuminating device 7 is accommodated in the rear space of the drawer | drawer accommodating part of the base cabinet 2, for example. That is, when the illuminating device 7 is unnecessary, the illuminating device 7 in the extinguished state is embedded below the surface of the counter 6, and the illuminating device 7 does not hinder the work on the counter 6.
[0020]
Next, when illumination by the illumination device 7 becomes necessary, as shown in FIG. 2A, the upper end surface of the gripping portion 7d is lightly pushed downward. As a result, in response to the operation of lightly pushing the upper end surface of the gripping portion 7d downward, almost the entire lighting device 7 protrudes upward from the surface of the counter 6 as shown in FIG. 7 switches from the unlit state to the lit state.
[0021]
In the first lighting state shown in FIG. 2B, the plurality of LEDs 7c as light sources are close to the upper end of the light transmission member 7a, and most of the light from the plurality of LEDs 7c is guided to the inside of the light transmission member 7a. It is burned. In this case, for example, the light transmission member 7a formed of an acrylic pipe is in a state of emitting light dimly as a whole, and so-called indirect illumination is obtained.
[0022]
Furthermore, when the direct illumination from the illuminating device 7 is necessary for the work on the counter 6, as shown in FIG.2 (c), the holding part 7d is pulled up. In the second lighting state shown in FIG. 2 (c), the plurality of LEDs 7c as the light source are separated from the upper end of the light transmitting member 7a by a predetermined distance, and most of the light from the plurality of LEDs 7c is directly directed to the surface of the counter 6. Led to. The lighting device 7 is connected to, for example, a main power source provided in the vicinity of the entrance of the kitchen room or a main power source incorporated in the kitchen body, and the lighting device 7 is energized by turning off the main power switch. You can also stop.
[0023]
As described above, the system kitchen 1 of the present embodiment has a plurality of lights that can be switched between a light-out state embedded below the surface of the counter 6 and a light-up state protruding upward from the surface of the counter 6. A device 7 is provided. Therefore, among the illumination devices 7 provided at a plurality of positions on the surface of the counter 6, the illumination device 7 at a desired position is drawn upward from the surface of the counter 6 and is lighted in a timely manner. In addition, the necessary illuminance can be ensured.
[0024]
The lighting device 7 of the present embodiment also includes a first lighting state in which the light source 7c is brought close to the upper end of the light transmission member 7a to guide most of the light from the light source 7c to the inside of the light transmission member 7a, and the light source 7c. It is configured to be switchable between a second lighting state in which most of the light from the light source 7 c is separated from the upper end of the light transmitting member 7 a and guides most of the light to the surface of the counter 6. In this way, by the relatively simple operation described above, two lighting states with completely different illuminance distributions, that is, indirect illumination with a high stage effect in which the light transmitting member 7a emits light entirely and directly illuminate the surface of the counter 6 are directly illuminated. Direct lighting can be realized.
[0025]
Moreover, in the illuminating device 7 of this embodiment, the structure in which the light source has several LED7c arrange | positioned on the circumference centering on the axis line of the light transmissive member 7a is employ | adopted. Therefore, by using the LED 7c that is substantially unnecessary to be replaced, the light transmitting member 7a can emit light almost uniformly in the circumferential direction in the first lighting state, and almost the entire circumference of the lighting device 7 in the second lighting state. The surface of the counter 6 can be illuminated uniformly.
[0026]
In the above-described embodiment, the illuminating device 7 includes the cylindrical light transmitting member 7a, the rod-shaped member 7b penetrating the light transmitting member 7a, and the light source 7c provided at the upper end of the rod-shaped member 7b. . However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications of the specific configuration of the illumination device 7 are possible.
[0027]
Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the light source 7c has several LED arrange | positioned on the circumference centering on the axis line of the light transmissive member 7a. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and various modifications can be made to the specific configuration of the light source 7c.
[0028]
Moreover, in the above-mentioned embodiment, this invention is applied with respect to the island type | system | group system kitchen installed without contacting a wall. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can also be applied to a conventional system kitchen installed in contact with a wall.
[0029]
In this case, as indicated by the hatched portion in FIG. 4, for example, the rear area 14 in contact with the back guard 13 between the sink 11 and the heating cooker 12, and the back guard 13 between the sink 11 and one side end. The illuminating device according to the present invention can be installed in the rear area 15 in contact with the back, the rear area 16 in contact with the back guard 13 between the heating cooker 12 and the other side end.
[0030]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the system kitchen of the present invention includes the lighting device that can be switched between a light-out state embedded below the counter surface and a light-up state protruding upward from the counter surface. As a result, for example, by illuminating the lighting device at a desired position among the lighting devices provided at a plurality of positions on the counter surface upward from the counter surface and lighting it in a timely manner, the necessary illuminance can be obtained at the required position when necessary Can be secured.
[0031]
Further, in the lighting device of the present invention, the cylindrical light transmitting member extending in the substantially vertical direction, the rod-shaped member extending through the light transmitting member in the substantially vertical direction, and the upper end of the rod-shaped member are provided. When adopting a configuration having a light source, based on a relatively simple configuration, a tube shape that can be switched between a light-off state embedded below the counter surface and a light-up state protruding upward from the counter surface An illumination device can be realized.
[0032]
In the lighting device of the present invention, the first lighting state in which the light source is brought close to the upper end of the light transmitting member to guide most of the light from the light source to the inside of the light transmitting member, and the light source is separated from the upper end of the light transmitting member. If it is configured to be able to switch between the second lighting state that guides most of the light from the light source to the counter surface, two lighting states with completely different illuminance distributions can be realized by a relatively simple operation. .
[0033]
Moreover, in the illumination device of the present invention, when a configuration in which the light source includes a plurality of LEDs arranged on the circumference centering on the axis of the light transmitting member is used, the first LED is substantially used without replacement. In the lighting state, the light transmission member can emit light almost uniformly in the circumferential direction, and in the second lighting state, the counter surface can be illuminated almost uniformly over the entire circumference of the lighting device.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view schematically showing an overall configuration of a system kitchen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing an overall configuration and operation of the illumination device according to the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing a main configuration of the illumination device according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing an area in which the illumination device of the present invention can be installed when the present invention is applied to a conventional system kitchen installed in contact with a wall.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 System kitchen 2 Base cabinet 3 Heating cooker (IH)
4 Sink 5 Water faucet 6 Counter 7 Illuminating device 7a Light transmitting member 7b Bar-shaped member 7c Light source (LED)
7d Grip part

Claims (4)

A lighting device that can be embedded below the counter surface when not needed, and configured to project the lighting device above the counter surface when in use ;
The lighting device includes a cylindrical light transmission member extending in a substantially vertical direction, a rod-shaped member extending through the light transmission member in a substantially vertical direction, and a light source provided at an upper end of the rod-shaped member. And
The lighting device includes a first lighting state in which the light source is brought close to the upper end of the light transmitting member to guide most of the light from the light source to the inside of the light transmitting member, and the light source is connected to the upper end of the light transmitting member. A system kitchen with a lighting device, wherein the system kitchen is configured to be switchable between a second lighting state in which most of the light from the light source is guided away from the light source to the counter surface .   The system kitchen according to claim 1, wherein when the upper end surface of the lighting device embedded below the counter surface is pressed, the system kitchen protrudes above the counter surface to be turned on. The system kitchen according to claim 1 , wherein the light source includes a plurality of LEDs arranged on a circumference centering on an axis of the light transmitting member . The system kitchen according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the lighting devices are provided at a plurality of positions on the counter surface .

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