JP4105125B2 - Gas stove - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas stove, and more particularly to a gas stove having a battery case lid that opens and closes a battery case in which a dry battery as a power source for ignition of a burner is housed on the front operation panel surface.

In a gas stove, a dry cell is used as a power source for generating an ignition spark in the burner ignition device by an ignition operation (rotation operation of the ignition knob, push operation of the operation button, etc.) by an operation button for ignition and extinguishing, and to ignite the burner. It is used. For this reason, in a conventional gas stove, a detachable battery case cover is provided on the front operation panel on which operation buttons for ignition and extinguishing are installed, and a dry cell is stored behind the battery case cover in the front operation panel. A battery case is installed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-33915 (FIG. 2)

  By the way, in the gas stove like the above-mentioned patent document 1, an opening of a size that allows a dry battery to be taken in and out is formed on a part of the front operation panel surface, and a battery case lid is detachably attached so as to cover this opening. Yes.

  As described above, in the conventional gas stove, since the separate battery case lid is attached so as to cover the opening formed in a part of the surface of the front operation panel, the battery case lid is particularly attached to the front surface as in Patent Document 1 described above. When the battery case cover is provided on the upper side of the operation panel surface, the battery case lid becomes conspicuous and the appearance of the front operation panel surface is impaired. Furthermore, since the battery case cover in Patent Document 1 has a size corresponding to the size of the dry battery, the workability when removing the battery case cover and replacing the dry battery is not good.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gas stove that can be provided with a battery case lid that opens and closes the battery case without impairing the appearance of the front operation panel surface, and that can be easily replaced with a dry battery. .

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided with a plurality of stove burners in the upper part of the stove body, and the stove burner is provided on the lower side of the front operation panel provided on the front surface of the stove body. A plurality of push-type operation buttons for performing ignition and extinguishing operations are installed along the left-right direction, and the heating power of each stove burner is adjusted to a position corresponding to the operation buttons on the upper side of the front operation panel surface. A gas stove provided with a plurality of thermal power adjustment levers that are respectively operated by sliding operations in the left-right direction, and located on substantially the entire surface between the operation button and the thermal power adjustment lever on the operation panel surface, An openable battery case lid having a flat surface on the front side, and on the inner side of the front operation panel located on the rear side of the battery case lid, Established a battery case for accommodating the battery is a power source for ignition of over Na, the upper portion of the battery case lid to form the notch of oblong said thermal adjusting lever is space for sliding in the lateral direction In addition, a rib portion for preventing spilling is formed along the left-right direction on the back surface of the battery case lid, and the lower ends on both ends of the battery case lid are rotated to the inside of the front operation panel surface via a rotation bearing portion. The battery case cover is opened freely with the rotary bearing part as the center of rotation, and the battery case cover is opened and closed by pressing the notch. Yes.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a latching portion having elasticity is provided inside the battery case lid, and the latching piece is provided on the battery case side when the battery case lid is closed. It is characterized by being locked to the part.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that a step surface is provided between the lower part on the surface side of the battery case lid and the operation button.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the battery case is openable and closable so that the front side also serves as a front panel so as to be positioned substantially in front of the operation button on the front operation panel surface and the thermal power adjustment lever. By installing a lid, it has been renovated from the cluttered design that many operation switches and buttons etc. are lined up as seen on the conventional operation panel surface, so that the front panel at first glance has no battery case, Since the entire surface of the front operation panel surface can be unified into a clean design, the appearance of the front operation panel surface can be improved. Also, even if boiled spills when using a stove are transferred to the battery case lid that also serves as the front panel, the entire surface of the battery case lid is flat and clean. It becomes easy to do. In addition, the battery case cover is large enough to be located on the entire surface between the operation button installed on the lower side of the front operation panel and the thermal power adjustment lever installed on the upper side of the front operation panel. By opening the battery case cover forward with the rotation center as the center of rotation, it is possible to easily replace the dry batteries stored in the inner battery case. Furthermore, when opening the battery case lid, the user only needs to pull the front side of the battery case cover lightly at any position of the horizontally long notch formed on the upper part of the battery case lid with an index finger or the like. The battery case lid can be easily opened to the front side. Also, since there is no knob for opening and closing the battery case cover, there is no need to take care to touch this knob, and even the elderly can easily open the battery case cover.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the battery case lid is closed, the elastic locking piece provided on the inner side of the battery case lid is locked to the locking portion provided on the battery case side. Thus, it is possible to prevent the battery case lid from being opened to the extent that the battery case lid is inadvertently contacted. In addition, since the battery case lid has no knob for opening and closing, the battery case lid is not caught during cleaning, and is easy to clean.

In addition, according to the invention described in claim 3 , by providing a step surface between the lower part on the surface side of the battery case lid and the operation button installed on the lower side of the front operation panel surface, Even if the spilled spilled material adheres to the surface of the battery case lid and hangs downward, the spilled spilled material can be prevented from adhering to the operation button positioned below by being received by the step surface.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on illustrated embodiments. FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view showing a gas stove according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view thereof. 1 and 2 show a state of a gas stove alone, and it is actually used by being incorporated in a system kitchen or the like.

  The gas stove 1 according to the present embodiment is a built-in type stove, and three burners (the front left and right sides and the back side) 4a, 4b, and 4c are respectively installed on a top plate 3 provided on the top of the stove body 2. A grille 5 is installed at the center of the stove body 2 along the front-rear direction. A grill door 7 that opens and closes the front opening of the grill 5 is slidably mounted in the front-rear direction at the center of the front operation panel surface 6 provided on the front side of the stove body 2. By pulling a horizontally long grill handle portion 8 attached to the lower portion of the grill door 7 toward the front, a grill plate (not shown) disposed in a grill box (not shown) that moves together with the grill door 7 can be taken out. .

  Below the front operation panel surface 6, the grill door 7 is centered, and the operation buttons 9 a and 9 b for igniting and extinguishing the burners 4 c and 4 a are arranged side by side on the left side of the grill door 7. The operation buttons 9c and 9d for igniting and extinguishing the burner 4b and the grill 5 are arranged side by side so that the door 7 is centered and the burner 4b and the grill 5 are ignited and extinguished. Each operation button 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d is a push-type switch. When it is pushed in, it is in an ignited state, and the ignition state is maintained even if it is released after ignition and returned to its original position. It becomes a state.

  The surface of each operation button 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d is inclined so that the lower side protrudes forward so that it can be easily pushed from above. In this way, the horizontally long grill handle portion 8 located at the lower part of the front operation panel surface 6 and the four horizontally long operation buttons 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d are arranged in a straight line along the left-right direction and are neatly arranged. Designed to achieve both operability and appearance.

  Further, on the upper part of the front operation panel surface 6, the grill door 7 is set in the center, and the thermal power adjusting levers 10a and 10b for the burners 4a and 4c are installed side by side on the left side. On the right side, the burner 4b and the respective heating power adjusting levers 10c, 10d for the grill 5 are installed side by side. Each of the heating power adjusting levers 10a, 10b, 10c, and 10d is slidable in the horizontal direction (left and right direction), the left end side is a position where the heating power is strong, and the right end side is the position where the heating power is weak.

  An operation panel 11 is attached to the right center portion of the front operation panel surface 6. The operation panel 11 is provided with respective operation units for performing temperature setting during cooking of fried food, temperature setting during cooking, timer setting until extinguishing the fire, and the like. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a battery case lid 12 having a flat plate-like surface side that also serves as the left front decoration panel of the front operation panel surface 6 is attached to the central portion on the left side of the front operation panel surface 6 so as to be freely opened and closed. It has been.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the battery case lid 12 is rotatably supported by rotary bearing portions 13 a and 13 b provided between the lower surface and the front operation panel surface 6. The battery case 14 attached inside the front operation panel surface 6 is installed. A dry battery (two single batteries connected in series in the figure) 15 accommodated in the battery chamber 14a of the battery case 14 is burner ignition device (push operation) by each operation button 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d. (Not shown) with a power source for generating ignition sparks to ignite the burners 4a, 4b, 4c and the grill 5, and a power source for operating a plurality of display LEDs 16 of the operation panel 11, internal circuits, etc. is there.

  A horizontally long notch 12a is formed in the upper part of the battery case lid 12 so as not to interfere with the lever shafts 17a, 17b of the heating power adjusting levers 10a, 10b. When the battery case lid 12 is closed, the notch The thermal power adjustment levers 10a and 10b protrude from the portion 12a. The battery case cover 12 is pulled substantially toward the front side with the tip of the index finger or the like so that the user can lightly press the notch portion 12a, so that the rotation bearing portions 13a and 13b on the back side of the lower surface are centered on the front side. It opens to a position (refer FIG. 4), and the dry battery 15 in the battery case 14 can be replaced. A recess may be formed in the vicinity of the center of the notch 12a. In this case, the fingertip can be placed more easily, and the battery case lid 12 can be opened and closed more easily.

  A plurality of (three in the figure) locking pieces 12b having elasticity are integrally formed on the back surface of the battery case lid 12, and the tip ends of the respective locking pieces 12b when the battery case lid 12 is closed. Is slightly pressed and locked to the upper edge of the battery chamber 14a, so that it does not open to the extent that it inadvertently contacts the battery case lid 12. Further, on the back surface of the battery case lid 12, a brim portion 12c for preventing spilling is formed along the left-right direction adjacent to the bottom of each locking piece 12b, and when the battery case lid 12 is closed. The collar portion 12c is brought into close contact with the upper edge portion in the battery chamber 14a, so that even if spilled from the gap of the notch portion 12a, it does not enter the battery chamber 14a.

  Further, a semi-transparent battery replacement display window 18 formed on the battery pattern is provided on the lower left side of the surface of the battery case lid 12, and a voltage detection unit that detects the voltage of the dry battery 15 on the back side. An LED (not shown) connected to (not shown) is attached. In this embodiment, when the voltage of the two dry batteries 15 connected in series in the battery case 14 drops to a predetermined voltage value (eg, 2.2 V), the LED blinks and the battery replacement display window 18 blinks. When the voltage of the dry battery 15 further decreases (for example, decreases to 2.0 V), the LED is continuously lit to turn on the battery replacement display window 18 to inform the user of the voltage drop of the dry battery 15 and It is possible to inform that it is time for replacement.

  As described above, the gas stove 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention has the operation buttons 9a, 9b and the operation buttons 9c, at the lower part of the front operation panel surface 6 so as to be positioned on both sides of the grill handle portion 8 of the grill door 7. 9d is installed along the horizontal direction, and the battery case lid 12 having a flat plate surface on the front side that is also used as the left front decoration panel can be opened and closed between the left operation buttons 9a and 9b and the thermal power adjusting levers 10a and 10b. By installing it, it has been renovated from the cluttered design that many operation switches and buttons etc. are lined up as seen on the conventional operation panel surface, so that the front panel at first glance has no battery case cover, It is possible to unify the entire surface of the front operation panel surface 6 into a clean and high-class design.

  Further, the battery case lid 12 can be increased in size by being also used as the left front decoration panel of the front operation panel surface 6 and can be greatly opened to the near horizontal position on the front side. The replacement work of the dry battery 15 can be easily performed. In addition, it can be easily opened by simply pulling the position of the horizontally long notch 12a formed in the upper part of the battery case lid 12 with a fingertip and pulling it forward. Since it is not necessary to provide an opening / closing knob or the like, the surface of the battery case lid 12 can be made a clean design. Further, since the battery case cover 12 does not have an opening / closing knob or the like, the battery case cover 12 is not caught during cleaning and is easy to clean. Further, since the battery case lid 12 does not have an opening / closing knob or the like, there is no need to pay attention to touching the knob, and an elderly person or the like can easily open the battery case lid 12.

  In addition, even if spillage or the like when using a stove is transmitted to the battery case lid 12 that also serves as a front panel, the entire surface of the battery case lid 12 is flat and clean. It becomes easy to clean.

  Further, in the gas stove 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, between the battery case lid 12 that also serves as the left front panel of the front operation panel surface 6 and the operation buttons 9 a and 9 b, and Between the front right panel 19 on the front operation panel surface 6 and the operation buttons 9c, 9d, a horizontally long plate-like left front panel 20 and right front panel 21 are respectively attached. In addition, ignition display windows 22a, 22b, 22c, and 22d each having an LED (not shown) on the back side are formed at the center of the surface of each operation button 9a, 9b, 9c, and 9d. , 9b, 9c, 9d, and the ignition state is confirmed without observing each burner 4a, 4b, 4c or grill 5 by turning on an LED (not shown) provided on the back side during the ignition operation. Can do. In addition, since this LED (not shown) is extinguished at the time of fire extinguishing, the fire extinguishing state can be confirmed without looking at each burner 4a, 4b, 4c and grill 5.

  The left front plate panel 20 protrudes slightly forward with respect to the surface of the battery case lid 12 so that a step is formed between the upper portion 20a of the left front plate panel 20 and the surface of the battery case lid 12. Further, the upper side of the operation buttons 9 a and 9 b located below the left front plate panel 20 is located slightly on the back side (rear side) from the surface of the left front plate panel 20. The right front panel 21 protrudes slightly forward with respect to the surface of the right front panel 19 so that a step is formed between the upper portion 21a of the right front panel 21 and the surface of the right front panel 19. . Further, the upper side of the operation buttons 9 c and 9 d located below the right front plate panel 21 is located slightly on the back side (rear side) from the surface of the right front plate panel 21.

  Therefore, even if boiled spilled from a pan or the like during cooking adheres to the surface of the battery case lid 12 and hangs downward, it is received by the upper portion 20a of the protruding left front panel 20 and is thus positioned below the operation button. This spillage is prevented from adhering to 9a and 9b. Thus, by preventing the spilled material from sticking to the operation buttons 9a and 9b, the spilled material is prevented from entering and sticking between the operation buttons 9a and 9b, and the operation buttons 9a and 9b can be smoothly moved over a long period of time. Can be moved.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the operation panel 11 is attached to the opening 19 a of the right front panel 19, and the surface of the operation panel 11 projects slightly forward from the surface of the right front panel 19, A step is formed between the upper portion 11a and the surface of the right front decorative panel 19. The locking pieces 11c formed on both side surfaces of the panel body 11b of the operation panel 11 are locked to locking portions (not shown) in the front operation panel surface 6 located on the back side of the right front decoration panel 19, The operation panel 11 is fixed so as not to come off.

  Therefore, even if boiled spilled from a pan or the like during cooking adheres to the upper part of the right front decoration panel 19 surface and hangs downward, it is received by the protruding upper part 11a of the operation panel 11 and thus on the operation panel 11 surface. This boiled spill is prevented from adhering. In this way, by preventing the spillage from adhering to the surface of the operation panel 11, it is possible to prevent contamination due to the spilling of the surface of the operation panel 11 over a long period of time. Even if the spillage adhering to the surface of the right front decoration panel 19 enters the back side of the right front decoration panel 19 through a slight gap between the upper portion 11a of the operation panel 11 and the surface of the right front decoration panel 19, the panel body Since the step part 11e is provided along the left-right direction on the rear side of the upper part 11d of the 11b, the spilled intrusion on the upper part 11d of the panel main body 11b is received by the step part 11e, so that the inside of the panel main body 11b Boiled spills do not enter.

  In addition, even if the spillage adhering to the upper part of the front surface of the right front panel 19 hangs down from both sides of the operation panel 11, it is received by the upper part of the projecting right front panel 21, so This boiled spillage is prevented from adhering to 9c and 9d.

  In the above-described embodiment, the battery case lid 12 is opened by the operation of pressing the notch 12a at the top of the battery case lid 12 with a fingertip and pulling it forward, and the dry battery 15 in the battery case 14 is replaced. However, as a method of opening and closing the battery case 14, for example, an urging means and a lock mechanism are provided on the upper side between the battery case lid 12 and the battery case 14, and the battery case lid 12 is lightly moved toward the battery case 14 side. When the battery case cover 12 is pushed in, the battery case cover 12 is held in the closed state on the battery case 14 side. From this state, the battery case cover 12 is further lightly pushed to release the hold state, and the battery case cover 12 is moved forward by the urging means. You may make it open while rotating to the side.

  Further, when the biasing means and the lock mechanism are provided on the upper side between the battery case lid 12 and the battery case 14 as described above, the battery case 14 can be pulled out from the front operation panel surface 6. Then, after the holding state is released as described above, the battery case lid 12 is opened by the urging means, and then the battery case lid 12 is pulled further forward to operate the battery case 14 integrally with the battery case lid 12 to the front. It is also possible to replace the battery from above the battery case 14 by pulling it out from the panel surface 6.

  Further, when the biasing means and the lock mechanism are provided on the upper side between the battery case lid 12 and the battery case 14 as described above, the battery case lid 12 is integrally fixed to the battery case 14 in the front surface. You may comprise so that it can draw out from the inside of the operation panel surface 6. FIG. In this case, when the battery case lid 12 is lightly pushed in, the battery case 14 is held in a closed state by the lock mechanism, and when the battery case lid 12 is pushed lightly further from this state, the holding state is released and attached. The battery case 14 is pulled out from the front operation panel surface 6 integrally with the battery case lid 12 by the biasing means, and the battery can be replaced from above the battery case 14.

The schematic perspective view which shows the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic front view which shows the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic perspective view which shows the left side of the front operation panel surface of the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic perspective view which shows the state which opened the battery case cover of the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The schematic perspective view which shows the right side of the front operation panel surface of the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The figure which shows the level | step difference of the operation panel upper part of the gas stove which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gas cooker 2 Stove body 3 Top plate 4a, 4b, 4c Burner 5 Grill 6 Front operation panel surface 9a, 9b, 9c, 9d Operation button 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Thermal power adjustment lever 11 Operation panel 12 Battery case cover 14 Battery case 15 Dry cell 20 Left front panel

Claims (3)

The stove body is provided with a plurality of stove burners, and a plurality of push-type operation buttons for igniting and extinguishing the stove burner are provided on the lower side of the front operation panel provided on the front surface of the stove body. A plurality of thermal power adjustment levers are installed at the positions corresponding to the operation buttons on the upper side of the front operation panel surface to adjust the thermal power of each stove burner by a sliding operation in the horizontal direction. A gas stove,
A battery case lid having a flat plate-like openable and openable battery case lid is provided so as to be positioned on substantially the entire surface between the operation button and the heating power adjustment lever on the operation panel surface. the inside of the front operation panel surface located on the rear side, the installed battery case for accommodating the battery is a power source for ignition of the stove burner, the top of the battery case lid, the thermal adjustment lever right A horizontally long notch is formed as a space for sliding in the direction, and a flange for preventing spilling is formed along the left-right direction on the back surface of the battery case lid. Through the rotary bearing portion so as to be rotatable inside the front operation panel surface so that the battery case lid is opened forward with the rotary bearing portion as a center of rotation, and the notch portion is It was more alert manner to perform the opening and closing of the battery case lid, stove, characterized in that. An elastic locking piece is provided inside the battery case lid, and the locking piece is locked to a locking portion provided on the battery case side when the battery case lid is closed. The gas stove according to claim 1 . 3. The gas stove according to claim 1, wherein a step surface is provided between a lower portion on the surface side of the battery case lid and the operation button.

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