JP4271099B2 - Heating device and cooling device with reheating function - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a heating device that can appropriately reheat cooked rice and a cooling device with a reheating function.

Conventionally, for example, a heater fixed on a tray and having a heating surface portion on an upper surface portion, a rice container placed on the heating surface portion of the heater and heated in a state where the bottom surface portion is in surface contact with the heating surface portion, and for this rice A heating device including an upper heater that covers a container is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
JP 2002-51908 A

  However, when the cooked rice in the cooked rice container is reheated using the above-described conventional heating device, the heating surface portion of the heater and the bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container are in surface contact. There is a risk that the moisture of the cooked rice at the bottom will evaporate and become crunchy.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and a heating device and a cooling device with a reheating function capable of appropriately reheating the cooked rice without causing the surface to become crunchy, including the bottom portion of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container. The purpose is to provide.

The heating device according to claim 1 is a reheating heater having a heating surface portion located in a cooling chamber, a cooked rice container heated by heat from the heating surface portion, a bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container, and the heating surface portion. A gap forming portion that forms a gap therebetween, a flexible sheet-shaped inner lid that is placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container so as to cover the entire upper surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container, and the cooked rice A tray having a hole for a cooked rice container through which the container for food can be inserted, a cover for covering the cooked rice container, and a heat transfer cover having a contact portion in contact with the heating surface portion, the tray being in the cooling chamber When the rice container is stored, the bottom surface portion is placed on the heating surface portion via the gap forming portion in a state of being inserted through the hole for the rice rice container, and the heat transfer The cover has the cover for the cooked rice In which the contact portion while covering the vessel is placed on the heating surface.

The heating apparatus according to claim 2 is provided on a reheating heater having a heating surface portion located in a cooling chamber, a cooked rice container heated by heat from the heating surface portion, and a bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container, The lower portion of the cooked rice container is in contact with the heating surface portion and covers the entire upper surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container and a gap forming convex portion that forms a gap between the bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container and the heated surface portion. A flexible sheet-like inner lid placed on the cooked rice , a tray having a cooked rice container hole through which the cooked rice container can be inserted, a covering portion for covering the cooked rice container, and the heating surface portion A heat transfer cover having a contact portion that contacts the food container, and when the tray is housed in the cooling chamber, the bottom portion of the cooked rice container is inserted into the cooked rice container hole. Via the gap forming convex part, Is placed on the surface, and the heat transfer cover is for the covering part is the contact part in a state of covering the boiled rice container is placed on the heating surface.

Reheating function with cooling apparatus 請 Motomeko 3 described, a cooling apparatus body having a cooling chamber, a heating surface is located at the bottom portion of the cooling chamber, according to claim 1 in which the rice container is accommodated in the cooling chamber Or the heating apparatus of 2 is comprised .

According to the heating device of claim 1, since the heating surface portion of the heater for reheating and the bottom surface portion of the rice container are not in surface contact with each other due to the gap between the bottom surface portion and the heating surface portion of the rice container, The bottom of the cooked rice is not crunchy on the surface, and a flexible sheet-like inner lid is placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container so as to cover the entire top surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container. Since the moisture of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container is retained, the cooked rice can be appropriately reheated. Moreover, since the cover part which covers the container for cooked rice and the heat-transfer cover which has a contact part which contacts a heating surface part are provided, the cooked rice in the container for cooked rice will be heated from the circumference | surroundings, and can be reheated more appropriately.

According to the heating device of claim 2, since the heating surface portion of the heater for reheating and the bottom surface portion of the rice container are not in surface contact with each other due to the gap between the bottom surface portion and the heating surface portion of the rice container, The bottom of the cooked rice is not crunchy on the surface, and a flexible sheet-like inner lid is placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container so as to cover the entire top surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container. Since the water | moisture content of the cooked rice in the container for cooked rice is hold | maintained by this, cooked rice can be reheated appropriately and the reinforcement of the bottom face part of the cooked rice container can be aimed at by a gap formation convex part. Moreover, since the cover part which covers the container for cooked rice and the heat-transfer cover which has a contact part which contacts a heating surface part are provided, the cooked rice in the container for cooked rice will be heated from the circumference | surroundings, and can be reheated more appropriately.

According to reheat function with cooling apparatus 請 Motomeko 3 wherein not only can cool the boiled rice cooked rice for container, it is possible to appropriately reheat the rice boiled rice for container.

  An embodiment of a cooling device with a reheating function of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a cooling device with a reheating function. The cooling device 1 with a reheating function is used in each home, for example, and is a staple food such as cooked rice, main dishes (fish dishes / meat dishes). Etc.), for food lunches consisting of cold vegetables (salad, etc.) and desserts (fruits, etc.) It is a chilled box with a reheating function that can be reheated.

  The reheating function-equipped cooling device 1 includes a cooling device body 2 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. The cooling device main body 2 has a plurality of, for example, two cooling chambers 3 arranged in the vertical direction. The cooling chamber 3 is defined by an upper surface portion 4, a lower surface portion 5, a right surface portion 6, a left surface portion 7 and a rear surface portion 8, and the front opening 9 can be opened and closed by a rotatable door body 10. .

  In addition, the cooling device main body 2 has cooling means 11 for supplying cold air into the cooling chamber 3 to cool the inside of the cooling chamber 3. The cooling means 11 includes a compressor, a condenser, an expansion valve, an evaporator, a fan, and the like. Further, an operation panel 12 is provided at the lower front portion of the cooling device main body 2.

  On the other hand, the lower surface portion 5 facing the bottom portion of the cooling chamber 3 has a rice reheating heater 21 which is a resistance heating type reheating heater that generates heat when energized, as shown in FIGS. And a resistance heating type main dish reheating heater 22 that generates heat when energized is provided on the rear side. The cooked rice reheating heater 21 and the main dish reheating heater 22 both have flat heating surface portions 23 and 24 located on the bottom portion of the cooling chamber 3 and facing the bottom portion. ing.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 8, the tray 31 stored in the cooling chamber 3 so as to be able to be taken in and out has a flat plate-like tray main body plate portion 32. The leg part 33 which contacts the lower surface part 5 protrudes downward. Further, a protrusion 34 protrudes upward from the peripheral edge of the upper surface of the tray body plate portion 32.

  Furthermore, the tray main body plate portion 32 is formed with a cooked rice container hole 36 and a main dish container hole 37. Further, the portion of the tray main body plate portion 32 that faces the periphery of the rice container hole portion 36 is a rice container receiving portion 38 that is convex upward, and the tray main body plate portion 32 has a main dish container. A portion facing the peripheral edge of the hole 37 is a container receiving portion 39 for a main dish that is convex upward.

  The cooked rice container 41 containing the cooked rice is placed on the cooked rice container receiving portion 38 of the tray 31 in a state of being inserted into the cooked rice container hole 36, but the tray 31 is placed in the cooling chamber 3. When it is stored and placed on the lower surface 5, it is separated from the cooked rice container receiving portion 38 upward. That is, the cooked rice container 41 heated by the heat from the heating surface portion 23 of the cooked rice reheating heater 21 is placed between the bottom surface portion 42 and the heating surface portion 23 when the tray 31 is stored in the cooling chamber 3. Heating surface portion 23 of cooked rice reheating heater 21 so that gap forming convex portion 44 that is a gap forming portion that forms gap 43 for preventing scoring that does not make surface contact with heating surface portion 23 is in contact with heating surface portion 23 in a substantially linear shape. As a result, the stepped portion 46 of the cooked rice container 41 is separated from the cooked rice container receiving portion 38.

  Similarly, the main dish container 51 containing the main dish is placed on the main dish container receiving portion 39 of the tray 31 in a state of being inserted through the hole 37 for the main dish container. When the food is stored in the cooling chamber 3 and placed on the lower surface portion 5, the main dish container receiving portion 39 is separated upward. That is, the main dish container 51 heated by the heat from the heating surface portion 24 of the main dish reheating heater 22 is stored in the cooling chamber 3 of the tray 31 when the main surface reheating heater 22 is heated. The bottom portion 52 is placed on the heating surface portion 24 in surface contact therewith, and as a result, the overhang portion 56 of the main dish container 51 is separated from the main dish container receiving portion 39.

  The cold vegetable container 54 containing the cold vegetables and the dessert container 55 containing the dessert are placed on the portion of the tray body plate portion 32 where the holes 36 and 37 are not formed.

  Here, as shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the cooked rice container 41 has a substantially rectangular upper surface opening shape in plan view, and has a substantially rectangular and planar bottom surface portion 42. A vertical peripheral side surface portion 45 rises from the peripheral edge of the portion 42. The peripheral side surface portion 45 is formed with a step portion 46 that comes into contact with the cooked rice container receiving portion 38 of the tray 31. Further, in the vicinity of the periphery of the bottom surface portion 42 of the rice container 41, a gap forming convex portion (yarn bottom portion) 44, which is a substantially rectangular annular gap forming portion cut out at four locations, protrudes integrally downward. The lower part of the gap forming convex part 44 is in contact with the heating surface part 23. The gap forming convex portion 44 is configured by four L-shaped portions 44a that are substantially L-shaped when viewed from the bottom, corresponding to the corners of the bottom surface portion.

  The main dish container 51 is a top opening having a substantially rectangular shape in a plan view that is slightly larger than the cooked rice container 41, and has a substantially rectangular and planar bottom surface portion 52. From the peripheral portion of the bottom surface portion 52, An inclined peripheral side surface portion 53 is raised. Further, from the upper end portion of the peripheral side surface portion 53, a projecting portion 56 that contacts the main dish container receiving portion 39 of the tray 31 projects outward.

  The cold-vegetable container 54 has an upper surface opening shape that is substantially circular in plan view, and includes a disk-shaped bottom surface portion 57 and a cylindrical peripheral side surface portion 58 that rises from the periphery of the bottom surface portion 57. ing.

  The dessert container 55 is a top opening having a substantially circular shape in plan view that is slightly smaller than the cold vegetable container 54, and has a disk-shaped bottom surface portion 59 and a cylindrical peripheral side surface rising from the periphery from the bottom surface portion 59 It is comprised with the part 60.

  On the other hand, one heat-insulating lid 61 placed on the tray 31 and simultaneously covering all the four containers 41, 51, 54, and 55 has an outer dimension of the tray 31 as shown in FIGS. The containers 41, 51, 54, and 55 are sandwiched together with the tray 31.

  On the lower surface side of the lid 61, a recessed portion 62 for cooked rice and a recessed portion 63 for main dish containers are respectively formed in a concave shape.

  A heat transfer cover 65 made of a material having high thermal conductivity is attached to the concave portion 62 for the cooked rice container. The heat transfer cover 65 includes a cover portion 66 that covers the cooked rice container 41 and a contact portion 67 that contacts the heating surface portion 23.

  As is apparent from FIG. 8, the cover portion 66 includes a side cover portion 68 that covers the entire circumference of the peripheral side surface portion 45 of the cooked rice container 41, and an upper surface opening portion 41 a of the cooked rice container 41 as an upper end of the peripheral side surface portion 45. It is composed of an upper surface opening covering portion 69 that covers without contact. On the other hand, the contact portion 67 is provided on the lower surface of a portion 61a which is a part of the lid 61 and is inserted into the cooked rice container hole 36 of the tray 31.

  The upper surface opening cover portion 69 of the cover portion 66 is integrally formed with a convex portion 70 that enters the cooked rice container 41 from the upper surface opening portion 41a of the cooked rice container 41. The main dish container recess 63 is integrally formed with a convex section 71 having a triangular cross section that enters the main dish container 51 from the upper surface opening 51 a of the main dish container 51.

  Further, a tunnel-shaped groove recess 73 having both end surfaces opened downward is formed in a concave shape on the lower surface side of the lid 61, and the cold vegetable container 54 and the dessert container 55 are located in the groove recess 73. The upper ends of the peripheral side surface portions 58 and 60 are in contact with the upper surface of the groove recess 73 (see FIGS. 6 and 7).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 8, an inner lid 80 for reserving the moisture of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 is removably disposed in the cooked rice container 41 during reheating. The inner lid 80 is, for example, a flexible sheet-like inner lid sheet (heat insulation sheet) 81 placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41. That is, the inner lid sheet 81 as the inner lid 80 is directly placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 so as to cover the entire upper surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container, and the placed middle lid sheet 81 is used as the cooked rice container. Since the upper surface opening of 41 is closed, the moisture of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 does not escape. The inner lid sheet 81 is a disposable type made of, for example, polypropylene film, polyethylene film, pulp, and nonwoven fabric, and is formed to have a size that is slightly larger than the upper surface opening 41a of the rice container 41.

  A tray set 75 is configured by the tray 31, the lid 61, the inner lid sheet 81, the four containers 41, 51, 54, 55, and the like. In addition, a heating device (reheating device) 76 capable of reheating food to be heated and eaten is configured by the cooked rice reheating heater 21, the main dish reheating heater 22, the tray set 75, and the like.

  Next, the operation and the like of the above embodiment will be described.

  For example, in the state shown in FIG. 2, two tray sets 75 (for example, the upper tray set 75 is used for the first edible food) are prepared in containers 41, 51, 54 and 55 corresponding to cooked rice, main dishes, cold vegetables and desserts. For lunch, the lower tray set 75 is for second meal) and the front opening 9 of the cooling chamber 3 is closed by the door body 10. Further, the operation of the cooling means 11 maintains the temperature in the cooling chamber 3 within a predetermined range, for example, a chilled temperature range, and the cooked rice, main dishes, cold dishes and desserts in the tray set 75 are refrigerated, for example, chilled. Yes.

  Then, for example, when the lunch reheating start time set in advance is reached, the heating surface portion 23 of the rice reheating heater 21 on the upper cooling chamber 3 side generates heat, and the rice container 41 and the heat transfer cover 65 are heated, As a result, the entire cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 is warmed from the surroundings without any unevenness. At the same time, the heating surface portion 24 of the main dish reheating heater 22 on the upper cooling chamber 3 side generates heat, the main dish container 51 is heated, and as a result, the main dish in the main dish container 51 is warmed.

  Even when the heaters 21 and 22 generate heat, the cooling means 11 operates, and the cold vegetables in the cold vegetable container 54 and the dessert in the dessert container 55 remain cold.

  Therefore, the user (healthy person such as an elderly person at home) of the cooling device 1 with a reheating function in each home takes out the upper tray set 75 from the cooling chamber 3 after the reheating by the heaters 21 and 22 is completed, and warm rice You can eat cold cold dishes and desserts as well as eat main dishes.

  Also, for example, at the preset start time of the midnight snack reheating, as in the case of lunch, the heaters 21 and 22 on the lower cooling chamber 3 side generate heat, and the cooked rice and main dishes in the lower tray set 75 are warmed. Therefore, after the reheating by the heaters 21 and 22 is completed, the user can take out the lower tray set 75 from the cooling chamber 3 and eat hot cooked rice and main dishes as well as cold cold dishes and desserts. be able to.

  Then, according to the embodiment, the heating surface portion 23 of the cooked rice reheating heater 21 and the bottom surface portion 42 of the cooked rice container 41 are formed by the gap 43 between the bottom surface portion 42 of the cooked rice container 41 and the heating surface portion 23. Since there is no surface contact, only the bottom portion of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 is rapidly heated first in a short time, so that the moisture in the bottom portion is not blown off and becomes crisp. In addition, since the inner lid sheet 81 is placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 to shield it from the outside air, even if the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 is reheated, it becomes steam and moisture does not escape. The water of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 is retained. Therefore, the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 can be appropriately reheated by the cooked rice reheating heater 21 of the heating device 76, and warm and delicious cooked rice can be eaten.

  In addition, the bottom surface portion 42 of the cooked rice container 41 is reinforced by the gap forming convex portion 44 protruding from the bottom surface portion 42 of the cooked rice container 41, so that the durability of the cooked rice container 41 can be improved.

  In addition, since the heat transfer cover 65 is attached to the recessed portion 62 for the cooked rice container of the lid 61 of the tray set 75, the cooked rice in the cooked rice container 41 can be warmed evenly with the whole cooked rice being cooked. Can prevent deterioration of the taste.

In addition, although the cooling device body 2 has been described with respect to the configuration in which the two cooling chambers 3 are formed so that the tray set 75 for lunch and dinner can be accommodated, for example, only one cooling chamber 3 is provided in the cooling device body 2. The cooling device 3 may be formed, or three or more cooling chambers 3 may be formed in the cooling device main body 2. The cooling chamber 3 is an individual chamber (space) for each serving, but a plurality of cooling chambers 3 are provided in one cooling chamber 3. You may be allowed to store meals (a plurality of tray sets).

  Moreover, although the structure which covers all the four containers 41, 51, 54, and 55 simultaneously with one lid 61 was demonstrated, you may make it cover each container 41, 51, 54, and 55 separately, for example.

  Further, a gap forming portion that forms a gap 43 between the bottom surface portion 42 of the cooked rice container 41 and the heating surface portion 23 of the cooked rice reheating heater 21 is formed on the bottom surface portion 42 so that the bottom surface portion 42 and the heating surface portion 23 do not come into surface contact. It is not limited to the provided gap forming convex portion 44, but may be a gap forming convex portion provided on the heating surface portion 23, for example, or may be constituted by a member different from the container 41 and the heater 21.

It is a front view of one embodiment of a cooling device with a reheating function of the present invention. It is a side view of a cooling device with a reheating function same as the above. It is a front view of the state which abbreviate | omitted the door body of the cooling device with a reheating function same as the above. It is a side view of the tray set of a cooling device with a reheating function same as the above. It is a top view of a tray set same as the above. It is AA sectional drawing in FIG. It is BB sectional drawing in FIG. It is CC sectional drawing in FIG. It is a side view of the container for cooked rice. It is a bottom view of the container for cooked rice.

Explanation of symbols

1 Cooling device with reheating function 2 Cooling device body 3 Cooling chamber
21 Heater for reheating cooked rice that is a reheating heater
23 Heating surface
31 trays
36 Hole for container for cooked rice
41 Rice container
42 Bottom
43 gap
44 Gap formation convex part which is a gap formation part
65 Heat transfer cover
66 Cover
67 Contact area
76 Heating device
80 Inner lid

Claims (3)

A reheating heater having a heating surface located in the cooling chamber ;
A container for cooked rice heated by heat from the heating surface portion,
A gap forming portion for forming a gap between the bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container and the heating surface portion;
A flexible sheet-shaped inner lid placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container so as to cover the entire top surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container ;
A tray having a hole for a container for cooked rice through which the container for cooked rice can be inserted;
A cover that covers the container for cooked rice and a heat transfer cover that has a contact portion that contacts the heating surface portion;
When the tray is housed in the cooling chamber, the bottom container is placed on the heating surface part via the gap forming part while the container for cooked rice is inserted through the hole for the cooked rice container. And the said heat-transfer cover is the heating apparatus characterized by the said contact part being mounted on the said heating surface part in the state in which the said cover part covered the said container for cooked rice . A reheating heater having a heating surface located in the cooling chamber ;
A container for cooked rice heated by heat from the heating surface portion,
Provided on the bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container, the lower portion is in contact with the heating surface portion, and a gap forming convex portion that forms a gap between the bottom surface portion of the cooked rice container and the heating surface portion,
A flexible sheet-shaped inner lid placed on the cooked rice in the cooked rice container so as to cover the entire top surface of the cooked rice in the cooked rice container ;
A tray having a hole for a container for cooked rice through which the container for cooked rice can be inserted;
A cover that covers the container for cooked rice and a heat transfer cover that has a contact portion that contacts the heating surface portion;
When the tray is housed in the cooling chamber, the bottom container is placed on the heating surface portion via the gap forming protrusion while the cooked rice container is inserted into the cooked rice container hole. And the heat transfer cover has the contact portion placed on the heating surface portion in a state where the cover portion covers the cooked rice container . A cooling device body having a cooling chamber;
The heating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the heating surface portion is located at a bottom portion of the cooling chamber, and the cooked rice container is housed in the cooling chamber.

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