JP4120390B2 - Cooker - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a cooking device having a setting knob for setting a cooking heating time and a heating temperature.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a heating cooker of this type, the Ru Oh like cooking device having a setting knob 5 to set the heating time and the heating temperature of the cooking as described in FIG. 7 (see, for example, Patent Document 1 ).
[0003]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-119985 [0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional configuration, the operation procedure of the operation keys and setting knobs is complicated, and there is a problem that it is difficult to use unless the operation method is read carefully and the operation method is thoroughly understood, and the operation method is easy to forget. It was.
[0005]
As a result, some elderly people who are unfamiliar with new electrical appliances may not be able to use the heating cooker or leave it unused. In a cooking device having a plurality of setting knobs on the panel, such a tendency has been further increased.
[0006]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and an object thereof is to provide a cooking device whose operation is easy to understand visually regardless of an instruction manual or the like.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the conventional problems, a heating cooker according to the present invention includes a heating chamber for heating food, a heating means, an operation panel, a panel base made of a resin material constituting the operation panel, and an operation panel. Operation key sheet provided on the front and displaying a cooking menu and operation keys, a setting knob for setting the cooking time and temperature of cooking, and the operation key sheet having a transparent periphery around the setting knob The transparent portion, a plurality of circumferentially arranged light emitters around the setting knob, and a semi-transparent ink that irregularly reflects light on the back surface of the transparent portion of the operation key sheet are matte printed, and the light emitter When the operation key of the cooking menu is pressed, the use of the setting knob is urged by emitting light .
[0008]
As a result, when the user presses the operation key of the desired cooking menu to cook, the surroundings of the setting knob are illuminated, and the setting knob appears to float in the light ring. Visually urges the setting knob to set the heating time and heating temperature to be performed, so even if you do not read the instruction manual or forget the operating procedure, you will need to Can be easily understood.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a transparent portion of the operation key sheet in which a periphery of the setting knob is made transparent in a circumferential shape, a plurality of light emitters provided in a circumferential shape around the setting knob, and an operation By matting and printing translucent ink that reflects light irregularly on the back surface of the transparent part of the key sheet, the light emitter emits light when the operation key of the cooking menu is pressed, thereby prompting the use of the setting knob. When the cooking menu operation key is pressed to cook, the illuminant emits light, and when the illuminant emits light, the individual illuminant is not directly visible to the user due to the diffuse reflection effect of the translucent ink, The entire transparent part of the operation key sheet that diffuses the light diffuses uniformly, so that the setting knob appears to float in the light ring, and the light guide diffusion has an expensive optical light guide diffusion function without using the member, The operation of the setting knob that sets the heating time and temperature for cooking to be performed is visually promoted, so that even if you do not read the instruction manual or forget the operation procedure, you can easily perform the next necessary operation Can understand .
[0010]
【Example】
For examples and reference examples of the following Shitahon invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0011]
(Example 1)
FIG. 1 shows a cross-sectional view of a main part of an operation panel of a cooking device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
[0012]
In FIG. 1, 3 is an operation key sheet displaying a cooking menu and operation keys, and constitutes an operation input device of the operation panel 2 in an organic manner in association with a setting knob 5 for setting a cooking heating time and a heating temperature. is doing. A light emitter 6 is provided in the vicinity of the setting knob 5, and a transparent portion 7 is formed around the setting knob 5 by partially transparentizing the operation key sheet 3. A light guide diffusion member 8 is disposed between the transparent portions 7.
[0013]
About the cooking-by-heating machine comprised as mentioned above, the operation | movement and an effect | action are demonstrated below.
[0014]
First, when an operation key of a cooking menu provided on a desired operation key sheet 3 is pressed for cooking, the light emitter 6 emits light, and the light is diffused by the light guide diffusing member 8 in the circumferential shape of the operation key sheet 3. Since the light is emitted around the setting knob 5 in a circumferential shape, the setting knob 5 appears to be raised in the light ring.
[0015]
As described above, in this embodiment, the light emitter 6 for encouraging the use of the setting knob 5 with light, and the transparent portion 7 of the operation key sheet 3 in which the periphery of the setting knob 5 is made transparent in a circumferential shape. And the light guide diffusing member 8 that guides the light from the light emitter 6 to the transparent portion 7, the light emitter 6 is caused to emit light when an operation key of a desired cooking menu is pressed for cooking. Is guided to the circumferential transparent portion 7 of the operation key sheet 3 by the light guide diffusing member 8 and the setting knob 5 is caused to emit light around the setting knob 5 so that the setting knob 5 floats in the light ring. The operation of the setting knob 5 for setting the heating time and heating temperature of the next cooking to be performed is visually urged, so it is difficult to read the instruction manual and remember the operation method accurately. You can easily understand the next necessary operation.
[0016]
(Example 2)
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the cooking device according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 9 denotes semi-transparent ink that is matt printed on the back surface of the circumferential transparent portion 7 of the operation key sheet 3. The difference from the configuration of the first embodiment is that the light emitter 6 is arranged around the setting knob 5. There are a plurality of circumferentially equidistantly provided points and a point constructed without using a light guide diffusion member. In addition, the thing of the same code | symbol as Example 1 has the same structure, and abbreviate | omits description.
[0017]
First, when the light emitter 6 is caused to emit light, the shape of each light emitter 6 itself is not visible to the user due to the diffuse reflection effect of the matte printed semi-transparent ink 9, and the circumferential transparent portion of the operation key sheet 3 is not visible. 7, since a plurality of light emitters 6 are circumferentially arranged at equal intervals around the setting knob 5, the entire light emission is uniform without using the light guide diffusion member 8.
[0018]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the translucent ink 9 is mattely printed on the back surface of the circumferential transparent portion 7 of the operation key sheet 3, and the light emitter 6 is circumferentially formed around the setting knob 5. By arranging a plurality of light emitters 6 at regular intervals, the individual light emitters 6 themselves cannot be directly seen by the user due to the diffuse reflection effect of the matte printed semi-transparent ink 9 when the light emitters 6 emit light. Even if the light diffusing member 8 is not used, the entire circumferential transparent portion 7 emits light uniformly, and an effect of visually urging the operation of the setting knob 5 can be obtained. A certain ring of light can be obtained.
[0019]
( Reference Example 1 )
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the cooking device of the first reference example of the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13 denotes transparent ink that is mattely printed on the back surface of the circumferential transparent portion 7 of the operation key sheet 3. The difference from the configuration of the second embodiment is that the transparent ink 13 is used without using the semi-transparent ink. It is a point that has been matte printed. In addition, the thing of the same code | symbol as Example 2 has the same structure, and abbreviate | omits description.
[0020]
First, when the illuminant 6 is caused to emit light, the color tone of the transparent portion of the operation key sheet is clear and different from the case where the translucent ink is printed due to the diffuse reflection effect of the transparent ink 13 which is printed with matt. Can be changed to color.
[0021]
As described above, the color tone of the transparent part of the operation key sheet is different from the case of printing the semi-transparent ink by using the matte printing of the transparent ink without using the semi-transparent ink in this reference example. The color can be changed to a wider range of design choices, and the light transmittance can be improved to further improve the visual effect.
[0022]
( Reference Example 2 )
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of a main part of the operation panel of the cooking device according to the second reference example of the present invention. 4, 11 in the recess of the panel base 10 provided circumferentially around the setting knob 5, Example 1, 2, the light emitter 6 is configured as different from the reference example 1, the panel base 10 It is the point arrange | positioned in the recessed part 11 of this. In addition, the thing of the same code | symbol as Example 1 , 2 and the reference example 1 has the same structure, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0023]
First, since the light emitter 6 is disposed in the recess 11 of the panel base 10 provided around the setting knob 5 in a circumferential shape, when the light emitter 6 is caused to emit light, the wall surface of the recess 11 is provided. Thus, the light is reflected, and most of the light is guided to the circumferential transparent portion 7 without diffusing inside the operation panel 2.
[0024]
As described above, in this reference example, the concave portion 11 of the panel base 10 is provided circumferentially around the setting knob 5, and the luminous body 6 is disposed in the concave portion 11. When light is emitted, the light is reflected by the wall surface of the recess 11, and most of the light is guided to the transparent portion 7 without diffusing inside the operation panel 2. Since it can radiate | emit to the front, a visual effect can be improved and the light leak from the inside of the operation panel 2 to an unnecessary part can also be prevented.
[0025]
( Reference Example 3 )
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the cooking device according to the third reference example of the present invention. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 12 denotes a light reflecting member disposed in the recess 11 of the panel base 10, which differs from the configuration of Reference Example 2 in that the light reflecting member 12 is disposed in the recess 11 of the panel base 10. It is. In addition, the thing of the same code | symbol as Example 1 , 2 and the reference examples 1 and 2 has the same structure, and description is abbreviate | omitted.
[0026]
First, when the light reflecting member 12 is disposed in the recess 11 of the panel base 10 and the light emitter 6 emits light, the light is efficiently reflected by the wall surface of the light reflecting member 12.
[0027]
As described above, in the present reference example, by arranging the light reflecting member 12 in the recess 11 of the panel base 10, when the light emitter 6 emits light, the light is reflected by the wall surface of the light reflecting member 12. Therefore, most of the light is not diffused into the operation panel 2 or absorbed by the surface of the panel base 10 and is almost guided to the back surface of the transparent portion 7, and the color tone of the panel base 10 is adjusted according to the design of the heating cooker. Even when formed of a dark-colored material with low light reflectivity, the light of the light emitter 6 can be efficiently emitted to the front surface of the operation panel 2, so that the visual effect can be improved.
[0028]
( Reference Example 4 )
A fourth reference example of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The difference from the configuration of Reference Example 2 is that the panel base 10 is formed of a white resin material.
[0029]
First, by molding the panel base 10 with a white resin material, most of the light is reflected on the surface of the white resin, so that the light emitter 6 disposed in the recess 11 of the panel base 10 is caused to emit light. Sometimes, light is efficiently reflected by the wall surface of the recess 11, and a lot of light is guided to the circumferential transparent portion 7.
[0030]
As described above, in the present reference example, the panel base 10 is molded of a white resin material, so that most of the light is reflected from the surface of the white resin. When the light emitter 6 provided is caused to emit light, the light is efficiently reflected by the wall surface of the recess 11, and a large amount of light is guided to the circumferential transparent portion 7, and the light from the light emitter 6 is efficiently used. Since it can radiate | emit well to the front surface of the operation panel 2, a visual effect can be improved further. If the color of the resin material is white called hospital white, the reflection effect is remarkable, and the design is clean.
[0031]
( Reference Example 5 )
FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the cooking device according to the fifth reference example of the present invention. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 11 denotes a recess of the panel base 10 provided circumferentially around the setting knob 5. The difference from the configuration of the fourth to sixth embodiments is the mold surface for molding the recess 11 of the panel base 10. This is the point that the part has been mirror finished. In addition, the thing of the same code | symbol as the reference examples 2 thru | or 4 has the same structure, and abbreviate | omits description.
[0032]
First, when a mirror surface finishing process is performed on the mold surface portion for molding the recess 11 of the panel base 10, the inner surface of the recess 11 is molded into a glossy mirror surface. Therefore, the light reflectance is further improved compared to a surface that is not in a mirror state.
[0033]
As described above, in this reference example, the concave part of the panel base is glossy by applying a mirror finish to the mold surface part that molds the concave part of the panel base of the resin mold for molding the panel base. Thus, the light reflectance is improved, so that the light of the light emitter can be efficiently emitted to the front surface of the operation panel, and the visual effect can be improved.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily understand the next necessary operation without having to carefully read the operation manual and the like and accurately remember the operation method. The cooker can be easily operated, making daily cooking rich and enjoyable.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of main parts of an operation panel of a heating cooker according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of main parts of an operation panel of a heating cooker according to a second embodiment of the present invention. heating in example 3 of the heating fragmentary cross-sectional view of the operation panel of the cooker in reference example 2 of a fragmentary sectional view showing the present invention; FIG cooker of the operation panel 5 shows the present invention in reference example 1 Cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the cooking device [FIG. 6] Cross-sectional view of the main part of the operation panel of the heating cooker in Reference Example 5 of the present invention [FIG.
2 Operation panel 3 Operation key sheet 5 Setting knob 6 Light emitter 7 Transparent part (operation key sheet)
8 Light guide diffusing member 9 Translucent ink 10 Panel base 11 Recessed portion (panel base)
12 Light reflecting member 13 Transparent ink

Claims (1)

A heating chamber for heating food, and a heating means, an operation panel, and the panel base made of a resin material constituting the operation panel, provided on the front of the operation panel, the operation key sheet displaying the cooking menu operation keys A setting knob for setting a cooking heating time and a heating temperature, a transparent portion of the operation key sheet in which the periphery of the setting knob is transparent in a circumferential shape, and a circumferential shape around the setting knob emitting body provided plurality, the semi-transparent ink to diffuse the light and matte printed on the back of the transparent portion of the operation key sheet, the light emitter, when pressing the operation key of the cooking menu, which emits A cooking device that encourages the use of the setting knob .

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