JP4414385B2 - Gas stove - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gas stove provided with a push button for performing a point fire extinguishing operation of a gas burner installed on a stove body on a front panel of the stove body.

  Conventionally, a push button used in this type of gas stove has a button main body portion facing a through-hole formed in the front panel and a shaft portion pivotally supported by the front panel on the back side of the front panel. It is configured as a key type that arcs in the front-rear direction with the shaft portion as a fulcrum between a non-push-in position for extinguishing the gas burner and a push-in position for igniting the gas burner (for example, Patent Document 1, Patent Document) 2).

  It is also known that the push button is configured to be a linear motion that moves linearly within a cylindrical guide provided on the front panel (see, for example, Patent Document 3). However, in this case, the push button is twisted with respect to the cylindrical guide, the push button is returned to the non-push-in position, and the gas burner may not be extinguished. Therefore, in order to ensure the certainty of operation, generally, a key-type push button is used as described above.

  Here, in the conventional key-type push button, the shaft portion is provided above the button main body portion. In addition, when operating the push button, the user presses the finger against the front of the button body from the diagonally upward position due to the height of the stove. is doing. However, when the button body part is pushed in from the non-push-in position, the angle of the front surface of the button body part approaches the vertical direction due to the circular motion with the shaft part above the button body part as a fulcrum, and the finger becomes easy to slip. The part may not be pushed all the way to the push-in position.

  Also, in order to prevent the finger from slipping at the push-in position of the button body, it is conceivable that the angle of the front surface of the button body is made closer to the horizontal direction. Protruding, the front of the stove becomes complicated and damages the appearance.

In addition, in a stove having various functions such as a temperature control function and a cooking timer function, an operation panel that can be moved up and down is installed on the front panel of the stove body so as to be positioned below the push button arrangement portion and in front of the front panel. Various operation switches for selecting and setting various functions and a display unit may be arranged on the operation panel. In this case, if the amount of protrusion of the button body to the front of the front panel increases as described above, even if the operation panel protrudes to the front of the front panel, the operation panel is hidden under the push button over a wide range, The operability of becomes worse.
Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-39869 JP-A-8-320120 Utility Model Registration No. 2566979

  In view of the above points, the present invention can operate the push button to the push-in position with certainty, and can reduce the protrusion amount of the push button from the front panel at the non-push-down position as much as possible. The object is to provide a gas stove with excellent appearance.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gas stove including a push button for performing a fire extinguishing operation of a gas burner installed on the stove body on the front panel of the stove body, and the push button is a transparent button provided on the front panel. It has a button body facing the hole and a shaft that is pivotally supported by the front panel on the back side of the front panel, and the button body between the non-pressing position where the gas burner is extinguished and the pressing position where the gas burner is ignited What makes it carry out circular arc motion in the front-back direction using a shaft part as a fulcrum is characterized in that the shaft part is provided below the button body part.

  According to the present invention, the button main body portion moves so as to fall backward with the lower shaft portion as a fulcrum by a pressing operation from the non-push-in position, and the angle of the front surface of the button main body portion with respect to the vertical direction increases. For this reason, the gas burner can be ignited by reliably pushing the button main body portion into the push-in position without causing finger slipping without greatly projecting the lower front portion of the button main body portion forward. Therefore, the amount of protrusion from the front panel of the button main body portion at the non-pressed position can be reduced, and the front surface of the stove can be refreshed and the appearance is improved.

  In addition, since the amount of protrusion of the button body from the front panel can be reduced in this way, an operation panel that can be moved forward and backward is built in the front panel so that it is positioned below the push button arrangement part. In this case, the range of the operation panel hidden under the push button in the protruding state of the operation panel is reduced, and the operability of the operation panel is ensured satisfactorily.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, even if the front surface of the button main body is a vertical surface, the angle of the front surface of the button main body with respect to the vertical direction increases with the pressing operation, so that no finger slip occurs. Accordingly, it is possible to make the front surface of the button body portion substantially flush with the front surface of the portion of the front panel around the through hole in a state where the button body portion is in the non-pressed position. If the front surface of the button body and the front surface of the front panel are flush with each other in this way, a continuity between the push button and the front panel is obtained, and the appearance is further improved. If the front surface of the button main body is vertical over the entire surface at the non-pressed position, the finger may slip when pressed from the diagonally upward to the front surface of the button main body at the non-pressed position. In this case, the finger can be prevented from slipping if a finger pad portion inclined obliquely upward is formed on a part of the front surface of the button main body portion.

  FIG. 1 shows a drop-in type gas stove installed so as to drop into a countertop (not shown) of a system kitchen. In the stove body 1 of the stove, three stove burners 2 and two grills 3 in total, two on the front left and right and one on the rear, are arranged. A non-illustrated grill burner provided in each stove burner 2 and grill 3 is constituted by a gas burner.

  The top plate 4 that covers the upper surface of the stove body 1 is formed with an opening that allows each of the stove burners 2 to face. Then, the virtues 5 are placed on the top plate 4 so as to surround each opening, and an exhaust port 4 a for the grill 3 is formed at the rear portion of the top plate 4. The right-hand side burner 2 is composed of an external flame type burner provided with a pan bottom temperature sensor 2a that comes into contact with the bottom surface of the cooking container on Gotoku 5 and detects its temperature. The inner flame type burner has an annular burner body provided with an inward flame hole.

  A grill door 3a and left and right front panels 6 and 6 are provided on the front portion of the stove body 1 exposed forward under the counter top.

  The right front panel 6 is provided with two push buttons 7 and 7 for performing a fire extinguishing operation for the grill burner and the right burner 2, and is located below the arrangement portion of the two push buttons 7 and 7. A control panel 8 which can be moved up and down is arranged in front of the front panel 6, and a heating power adjusting lever 9 for the right-hand side burner 2 located above the push button 7 for the right-hand side burner 2 is arranged. . Similarly, the left front panel 6 is also provided with two push buttons 7 and 7 for performing a fire extinguishing operation of the left and rear stove burners 2 and 2 side by side. An operation panel 8 that can be freely moved in and out is disposed in front of the front panel 6 so as to be positioned below the arrangement portion, and further, a heating power control lever for the left and rear control burners 2 positioned above the push buttons 2. 9 is arranged.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each front panel 6 includes a resin-made panel main body 61, a front surface of the panel main body 61 above the arrangement portion of the thermal power adjusting lever 9, an arrangement portion of the push button 7, and an operation panel 8. And a pair of upper and lower decorative plates 62, 62 'formed of a metal such as aluminum attached to the front surface of the panel body 61 between them.

  As shown in FIG. 2, each push button 7 extends downward from the button main body 71 on the back side of the front panel 6 and the button main body 71 facing the through hole 63 formed in the panel main body 61 of the front panel 6. The lever portion 72 and shaft portions 73 projecting on both lateral sides of the lower end portion of the lever portion 72 are provided. A bracket portion 64 is formed in the portion of the panel body 61 located on the back side of the lower decorative plate 62 ′, and the lever portion 72 is sandwiched from both sides in the lateral direction. Each push button 7 is attached to the bracket portion 64 with the shaft portion 73. Is pivotally supported by the shaft. Thus, the button main body 71 of each push button 7 moves back and forth between the non-pressed position (the position indicated by the solid line in FIG. 2) and the pressed position (the position indicated by the phantom line in FIG. 2) as the fulcrum. Arc motion in the direction. The panel main body 61 is formed with an arc-shaped cover portion 65 extending rearward along the movement locus of the upper end of the push button 7.

  In the stove body 1, gas valves 10 for the burners are arranged behind the push buttons 7. The gas valve 10 is provided with an operation unit 101 that comes into contact with a metal fitting 74 attached to the back of each push button 7. When the button main body 71 of each push button 7 is pushed into the pushing position, the operation unit 101 is pushed to the rear ignition position, the gas valve 10 is opened, and the corresponding burner is ignited. Here, a push-push mechanism (not shown) is assembled to the operation unit 101. Then, when the button main body 71 of each push button 7 is pressed again at the push-in position, the operation portion 101 is unlocked at the ignition position, and the operation portion 101 is returned to the front fire extinguishing position by a return spring (not shown). The button body 71 is pushed back to the non-pressed position, and the gas valve 10 is closed to extinguish the corresponding burner.

  The operation panel 8 is attached to a swing frame 82 that is pivotally supported on the front panel 6 by a shaft 81 at the lower end so as to be swingable in the front-rear direction. Projecting forward of the front panel 6. As shown in FIG. 3, the operation panel 8 arranged on the right front panel 6 has various settings for setting the heating mode, heating temperature, etc., and setting the heating time of each combo burner 2. An operation switch 8a and a display unit 8b are provided. Although not shown, the operation panel 8 disposed on the left front panel 6 is provided with various operation switches for grill and a display unit.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the front surface of the button main body 71 is the front surface of the portion of the front panel 6 (panel main body 61) around the through hole 63 in a state where the button main body 71 of each push button 7 is in the non-depressed position. And is almost flush with each other. Thereby, the continuity of the push button 7 and the front panel 6 is obtained, and the front surface of the stove becomes refreshed and the appearance is improved. Further, when the operation panel 8 is projected forward of the front panel 6, the operation panel 8 is exposed entirely upward without being hidden under the push button 7, and the operability of the operation panel 8 is ensured well. The In addition, if the front surface of the button main body 71 is vertical over the entire surface in the non-pressed position, the finger may slip when pressed against the front surface of the button main body 71 from the diagonally upward position in the non-pressed position. . In view of this, a finger pad 75 that is inclined obliquely upward is formed on a part of the front surface of the button main body 71 so that the finger can be prevented from slipping.

  By the way, when the shaft portion 73 of the push button 7 is positioned above the button main body portion 71, the angle of the finger pad portion 75 gradually approaches the vertical direction as the button main body portion 71 is pushed, On the other hand, the finger pressed diagonally from above becomes easy to slide downward, and it becomes difficult to push the button main body 71 to the pushing position. Therefore, it is necessary to project the lower front portion of the button main body portion 71 forward to prevent slipping of the finger, so that the front surface of the button main body portion 71 and the front surface of the front panel 6 are flush with each other in the non-pressed position. It becomes impossible to do.

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the button main body 71 moves so as to fall backward with the shaft portion 73 below as a fulcrum by a pressing operation from the non-pressed position of the button main body 71. The angle with respect to the vertical direction increases with pushing. Therefore, even if the front lower portion of the button main body 71 is not greatly projected forward, the finger rest 75 is formed on a part of the front surface of the button main body 71, so that the button main body 71 is pushed from the non-pressed position to the pushed position. Can be reliably pushed. As a result, the portion excluding the finger pad 75 on the front surface of the button main body 71 is flush with the front panel 6 at the non-pressed position, and the appearance can be improved as described above.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied this invention to the drop-in type gas stove was described, this invention can be similarly applied to a tabletop type gas stove. Further, in the above embodiment, the operation panel 8 is attached to the swing frame 82, and the operation panel 8 is projected and retracted in front of the front panel 6 by swinging the swing frame 82. A drawer-type operation panel that slides on the screen may be provided. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a gas stove that does not include the operation panel 8. Further, the front surface of the button main body 71 may slightly protrude from the front surface of the front panel 6 in the non-pressed position.

The whole perspective view of the embodiment of the stove of the present invention. The cut | disconnection side view of the principal part cut | disconnected by the II-II line | wire of FIG. The perspective view in the burner use state of the front panel part of the stove of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Stove body, 2 ... Combustor (gas burner), 6 ... Front panel, 63 ... Through-hole, 7 ... Push button, 71 ... Button body part, 73 ... Shaft part, 75 ... Finger rest part, 8 ... Operation panel.

Claims (3)

A gas stove provided with a push button for performing a fire extinguishing operation of a gas burner installed on the stove body on the front panel of the stove body,
The push button has a button main body part facing the through hole established in the front panel and a shaft part pivotally supported by the front panel on the back side of the front panel, and the button main body part has a non-push-in position where the gas burner is extinguished. In an arc motion in the front-rear direction with the shaft portion as a fulcrum between the pushing position where the gas burner is ignited,
The gas stove characterized in that the shaft portion is provided below the button main body portion.   2. The gas stove according to claim 1, wherein an operation panel that can be moved in and out is provided in front of the front panel so as to be positioned below the placement portion of the push button on the front panel.   In a state where the button main body is in the non-pressed position, the front surface of the button main body is substantially flush with the front surface of the front panel portion around the through-hole, and obliquely upwards to a part of the front surface of the button main body. The gas stove according to claim 1, wherein a finger contact portion inclined to the surface is formed.

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