JP4977076B2 - Kitchen equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen apparatus in which an electromagnetic heating cooker is built-in.

Conventionally, a kitchen apparatus in which an electromagnetic heating cooker is built in a cabinet has been used. However in order to heat during use electromagnetic cooking device of the kitchen device, there is a problem that storage space is increased temperatures, seasonings and housed in housing space, beverage, is stored item or equipment such as food is heated There is a risk.

  Further, for example, Patent Document 1 discloses a kitchen apparatus that improves this point. In this case, the space in the cabinet is partitioned by a horizontal partition plate in the front-rear direction, and the space above the partition plate is used as a cooking device placement space for placing the electromagnetic heating cooker, and the space below the partition plate is used. This is a storage space for storing stored items, equipment, and the like (see FIG. 10 of Patent Document 1).

  By the way, the partition plate is arranged apart from the cooking device in order to take thermal clearance with the cooking device. Furthermore, it is necessary to arrange the partition plate at a relatively lower position in order to secure a depth for installing a device such as a power supply box for supplying power to the cooking device.

However, since the above-mentioned kitchen apparatus partitions the space in the cabinet over the entire length in the front-rear direction by a horizontal partition plate, there is a problem that the storage space below becomes narrow over the entire length in the front-rear direction.
JP-A-5-253028

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and provides a kitchen apparatus that can prevent a temperature rise in a storage space and that can effectively use the capacity of the storage space. It is in.

In order to solve the above problems, the kitchen apparatus according to claim 1 has the following configuration. A kitchen apparatus 1 in which an electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is built in a cabinet 2. A space 6 in the cabinet 2 is divided up and down by a partitioning portion 7. The space above the partition 7 in the cabinet 2 is a cooking device arrangement space 8 for arranging the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 and the space below the partition 7 is a storage space 11. The rear part of the partition part 7 is arrange | positioned below the front part, and let the rear part of the cooking appliance arrangement | positioning space 8 be a deeper space than a front part. The partition portion 7 includes a front partition plate 28 disposed in the front portion, a rear partition plate 29 disposed in the rear portion and positioned below the front partition plate 28, a rear end of the front partition plate 28, and a rear partition It is comprised with the vertical partition plate 30 which obstruct | occludes between the front ends of the board 29. FIG. The front partition plate 28 constitutes the bottom surface of the front part of the cooking device arrangement space 8, and the rear partition plate 29 constitutes the bottom surface of the rear part of the cooking device arrangement space 8.

A kitchen apparatus according to a second aspect has the following configuration according to the first aspect. The front partition plate 28, the middle partition plate 30, and the rear partition plate 29 are detachable from the cabinet 2.

A kitchen apparatus according to claim 3 has the following configuration according to claim 1 or claim 2. An exhaust opening 22 is provided at a position behind the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 in the counter 9 of the cabinet 2, and an exhaust port 14 is provided at the rear part of the heating cooker 3 and connected by a duct 23. An intake port 13 is provided at the front of the heating cooker 3 so that air outside the cabinet 2 can be taken into the heating cooker 3 through the space above the front partition plate 28, thereby forming a waste heat flow path. To do. Furthermore, the cooking device arrangement space 8 is partitioned by the intermediate partition plate 30 .

  In the invention which concerns on Claim 1, the space in a cabinet is divided up and down with a partition part, and the space below the partition part is stored while setting the upper space of a partition part as the cooking appliance arrangement | positioning space for arrange | positioning an electromagnetic heating cooker By setting it as a space, it is possible to prevent heat generated in the electromagnetic heating cooker from being transmitted to the storage space, and it is possible to prevent a temperature rise from occurring in the storage space when the electromagnetic heating cooker is used.

  In addition, the rear part of the partition part is arranged below the front part, and the rear part of the cooking appliance arrangement space is a deeper bottom than the front part, so that a space for arranging, for example, a power supply box is secured. At the same time, the vertical dimension of the front portion of the storage space can be ensured long, and the capacity of the storage space can be increased. Moreover, since the front part of this storage space is located in the cabinet in the side where the person using the kitchen apparatus stands, it is a space which can be used effectively.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 2, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, each of the front partition plate, the middle partition plate, and the rear partition plate constituting the partition portion is detachable from the cabinet. Thus, it is possible to remove these partition plates and perform maintenance of the electromagnetic cooking device from inside the cabinet. Further, by configuring the partition portion with three partition plates, there is also an advantage that the partition portion can be easily removed in a narrow cabinet space.

In addition, in the invention according to claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1 or 2, in addition to the intake port, the space above the front partition plate , the inside of the heating cooker, the exhaust port, the duct, and the exhaust opening The heat generated by the heating cooker can be discarded by using the waste heat flow path that leads in sequence.

Further, by partitioning the cooker arrangement space at the inner partition plate, if the duct and also as an air having heat leaks from between the exhaust port, the intake the air of the front partition plate above a suction side It can prevent reaching to the side space. And it can prevent that the air suck | inhaled by a heating cooker is heated by the air which leaked from between the said duct and an exhaust port, and can efficiently discard the heat | fever which arises with a heating cooker.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings. The kitchen apparatus 1 of this example is installed along the wall of the kitchen, and in the following description, the front side as viewed from the user using the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, that is, the side opposite to the wall is the front side. In addition, the wall side will be described as the rear side.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is disposed at the upper end of the cabinet 2 of the kitchen apparatus 1. The cabinet 2 is configured by mounting a counter 9 constituting an upper surface on a box-shaped cabinet body 2a that opens upward. The counter 9 is formed by backing and reinforcing a surface material 16 having a flat upper surface with a backing material 17.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the entire space 6 in the cabinet 2 is vertically divided by a partitioning portion 7 disposed in the upper part of the cabinet 2 over the entire length in the front-rear direction. Of the space 6 in the cabinet 2 partitioned by the partition portion 7, the space located above the partition portion 7 is a cooking device placement space 8 for placing the electromagnetic heating cooker 3, and below the partition portion 7. The space located at is a storage space 11 for storing storage items and equipment.

  A drawer outlet 26 is provided on the front surface of the cabinet body 2 a, and the storage space 11 opens to the front of the cabinet 2 through the drawer outlet 26. A drawer 24 is stored in the storage space 11, and the drawer 24 can be pulled forward from a drawer outlet 26. The drawer 24 is configured by standing a front plate 25 at the front end of the storage portion 27 for storing the stored items, and the outlet 26 is closed by the front plate 25 of the drawer 24 storing the storage portion 27 in the storage space 11. The

  A long inner drawer 36 is disposed in the storage space 11 in the front-rear direction for placing stored items. The inner drawer 36 is positioned above the storage portion 27 of the drawer 24 in the stored state. The inner drawer 36 is provided so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction with respect to the cabinet body 2a, and can be pulled forward from the upper part of the outlet 26 opened by drawing out the drawer 24.

  The partition portion 7 includes a horizontally long front partition plate 28 constituting a front portion, a horizontally long rear partition plate 29 constituting a rear portion and positioned below the front partition plate 28, and a rear end and a rear portion of the front partition plate 28. It is comprised with the vertically long middle partition plate 30 which obstruct | occludes between the front ends of the partition plate 29. FIG.

  The front portion of the front partition plate 28 is attached to the lower surface of the horizontal rail 31 installed between both side plates of the cabinet body 2a by screwing.

L-shaped metal fittings 34 are attached to both end portions on the back surface of the middle partition plate 30. Each L-shaped metal fitting 34 is attached by screws to the side edge of the rear surface of the front piece portions partition plate 30 constituting a piece, the side pieces 35 constituting the other piece screw on the inner surface of the cabinet body 2a It is attached by a stop. That is, the partition plate 30 is attached to the cabinet body 2 a via the L-shaped metal fitting 34. A fitting groove 33 is formed in the middle of the front surface of the middle partition plate 30 in the vertical direction. A rear end portion of the front partition plate 28 is fitted into the fitting groove 33, whereby the rear portion of the front partition plate 28 is supported by the middle partition plate 30.

  The rear partition plate 29 is placed on dowels 37 provided on the inner side surfaces on both sides of the cabinet body 2a. The dowels 37 are provided at two positions on the front and rear sides behind the middle partition plate 30.

  The front part of the space 6 in the cabinet 2 is vertically divided by the horizontally arranged front partition plate 28, and the rear part of the space 6 is vertically divided by the horizontally arranged rear partition plate 29. In addition, the space between the rear end of the front partition plate 28 and the front end of the rear partition plate 29 is blocked by a portion below the fitting groove 33 of the vertical intermediate partition plate 30, and the front partition plate 28 and the intermediate partition plate 30. The space 6 in the cabinet 2 is partitioned vertically by the rear partition plate 29, the space below the partition 7 is used as the storage space 11, and the space above is used as the cooking device placement space 8.

  Further, the cooking device arrangement space 8 is formed by a portion above the fitting groove 33 of the middle partition plate 30 and an intake space 38 located in front of the upper portion of the middle partition plate 30 and rearward of the upper portion of the middle partition plate 30. The exhaust space 39 is partitioned.

  The front partition plate 28 constitutes the bottom portion of the intake space 38 and the top surface portion of the front portion of the storage space 11. Further, the rear partition plate 29 constitutes a bottom portion of the exhaust space 39 and a top surface portion of the rear portion of the storage space 11. Of these, the rear partition plate 29 is positioned below the front partition plate 28, so that the bottom of the exhaust space 39 is deeper than the bottom of the intake space 38 and the front of the storage space 11. The top of the head is higher than the top of the back. The exhaust space 39 having a deep bottom becomes a space for arranging devices such as the power supply box 20 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 described later. A small space formed on the lower side of the front partition plate 28 opens forward from the upper part of the drawer opening 26 and serves as a space for storing the storage items on the inner drawer 36 described above.

  In this way, a space for arranging devices such as the power supply box 20 is secured, and the front portion of the storage space 11 can be made a long space up and down, and storage for storing stored items and devices. The capacity of the space 11 can be increased. Moreover, since the front part of this storage space 11 is located in the cabinet 2 in the side where the person using the kitchen apparatus 1 stands, it is a space which can be used effectively.

  The counter 9 is provided with an installation opening 18 into which the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is dropped, and the installation opening 18 communicates with the cooker arrangement space 8 provided at the upper end portion in the cabinet 2. An operation panel opening 21 is formed between the lower end of the front edge of the counter 9 of the cabinet 2 and the upper end of the front plate 25 of the housed drawer 24.

  The electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is a so-called IH cooker, and includes a cooker body 15 and a power supply box 20 that supplies power to the cooker body 15.

  The cooker main body 15 is configured by a box-shaped casing 4 that opens upward and a cooking top plate 5 (see FIG. 5) that closes the upper opening of the casing 4 mounted on the casing 4. The cooking device main body 15 includes a heating device having a magnetic force generating coil, and a cooking tool such as a pan placed on the cooking top 5 is excited by the magnetic lines generated by the heating device and generates heat. Thus, cooking is possible. The power supply box 20 is separate from the casing 4 and is attached to the lower surface of the rear portion of the casing 4 so as to protrude downward from the rear portion of the casing 4. The power supply box 20 may be placed on the rear partition plate 29.

  The casing 4 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is accommodated in the cooker arrangement space 8 in a state of being arranged in the notch 42 (see FIG. 3) formed in the upper part of the above-described partition plate 30. Accordingly, the front portion of the casing 4 is disposed in the intake space 38 and the rear portion of the casing 4 is disposed in the exhaust space 39. The power supply box 20 is disposed in the exhaust space 39, and the electric wire 40 connected to the power supply box 20 is drawn out to the storage space 11 through a hole or notch provided in the rear partition plate 29, and then the cabinet 2 It is led out to the rear and connected to a commercial power source.

  When the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is arranged (built-in) in the cabinet 2 as described above, the peripheral edge of the cooking top 5 is placed on the peripheral edge of the installation opening 18 as shown in FIGS. Will be exposed. Further, at the periphery of the opening 18 for installation of the counter 9, the backing material 17 protrudes toward the center of the opening compared to the surface material 16 to form a cooking device placement portion 19, and the cooking device placement portion 19 of this backing material 17 is formed. Then, the peripheral edge of the cooking top 5 is placed.

  In this case, the cooker main body 15 and the power supply box 20 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 are arranged in a cooker arrangement space 8 constituted by an intake space 38 and an exhaust space 39, and are separated from the lower storage space 11. It is thermally blocked by the part 7. Therefore, it is possible to prevent heat generated in the cooker main body 15 and the power supply box 20 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 from being transmitted to the storage space 11, and a temperature rise occurs in the storage space 11 when the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is used. Can be prevented.

  An operation panel 41 for operating the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is accommodated in the intake space 38 so as to be drawn out from the operation panel opening 21 to the front of the cabinet 2.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the casing 4 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is provided with a fan 12 for cooling the inside of the casing 4. An intake port 13 is provided on the front surface of the casing 4, and an exhaust port 14 (see FIG. 6) is provided on the rear surface of the casing 4. Cooling air is sucked into the casing 4 from the intake port 13 by the fan 12. The air can be cooled and exhausted from the exhaust port 14.

  The intake port 13 of the cooker body 15 faces the intake space 38 and communicates with the front of the cabinet 2 through the intake space 38 and the intake gap 10 provided in the front portion of the cabinet 2. Thus, when the fan 12 is driven, cooling air flows and is introduced into the casing 4 from the air inlet 13 as shown by the arrow in FIG. The intake gap 10 of the present embodiment is configured by a gap formed between the periphery of the operation panel opening 21 and the stored operation panel 41, but instead of the intake gap 10, the front surface of the cabinet 2. An intake opening may be formed by providing a through hole on the side.

  On the other hand, the air discharged from the exhaust port 14 to the outside of the casing 4 is connected to the cabinet through the exhaust opening 22 opened at the rear side of the cooking top 5 in the counter 9 of the cabinet 2 as shown by the arrow in FIG. 2 is discharged to the outside.

  A duct 23 is provided on the lower surface of the counter 9 of the cabinet body 2a to smoothly guide the air discharged from the exhaust port 14 to the exhaust opening 22. One end opening of the duct 23 is provided at a position facing the exhaust port 14 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 with almost no gap when the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is dropped from the installation opening 18 as described above. The other end of the duct 23 is connected to the exhaust opening 22. As a result, the intake gap 10 provided on the front side of the cabinet 2 passes through the intake space 38, the intake port 13, the casing 4, the exhaust port 14, and the duct 23 through the exhaust opening 22 in this order, A path will be formed.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the cooker arrangement space 8 is divided into the front and rear by the above-described intermediate partition plate 30 to form the intake space 38 and the exhaust space 39, and thus has the following advantages.

  That is, in this embodiment, the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is installed in the cabinet 2 by being dropped from the installation opening 18 of the counter 9, and at this time, the exhaust opening 14 in the casing 4 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 and The upstream opening 23a of the duct 23 is opposed to be in a communication state. However, in the unlikely event that there is an installation error or a manufacturing error of the duct 23 in the cabinet 2, a drop allowance for the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 is secured. In this case, a gap S exists between the exhaust port 14 and the upstream opening 23a.

  In this case, the exhaust port 14, the duct 23, and the cooker arrangement space 8 are in communication with each other. Therefore, if the cooker arrangement space 8 is a space that is not partitioned forward and backward, the gap S is interposed. A part of the air exhausted from the exhaust port 14 to the outside of the casing 4 leaks into the cooking device arrangement space 8, or a part of the air in the cooking device arrangement space 42 is sucked into the duct 23. May occur and intake efficiency and exhaust efficiency may be reduced.

  However, in the present embodiment, the provision of the partition plate 30 avoids a situation in which a part of the air leaking from the exhaust port 14 to the exhaust space 39 through the gap S into the intake space 38 is avoided. Waste heat efficiency is ensured. Further, it is possible to prevent the air in the intake space 38 from passing through the lower portion of the casing 4 and being discharged through the gap S and the duct 23, and good intake efficiency is ensured.

  The partition plates 28 to 30 constituting the partition portion 7 are detachably attached to the cabinet 2 and can be detached from the storage space 11 side with the drawer 24 and the inner drawer 36 being pulled out. Yes.

  Specifically, the rear partition plate 29 is supported on the cabinet body 2a only by being placed on the above-described dowel 37, and passes up and down through a gap formed between the front and rear dowels 37. It is possible. For this reason, the rear partition plate 29 can be removed while the front partition plate 28 and the middle partition plate 30 are attached to the cabinet body 2a.

  Further, in order to remove the middle partition plate 30 from the cabinet body 2a, after removing the rear partition plate 29, the screw connecting the L-shaped bracket 34 and the middle partition plate 30 is removed from the rear side of the middle partition plate 30, and this Thereafter, the middle partition plate 30 may be moved rearward so that the rear end portion of the front partition plate 28 is pulled out from the fitting groove 33.

  Further, in order to remove the front partition plate 28, after removing the rear partition plate 29 and the middle partition plate 30, screws for connecting the front portion of the front partition plate 28 and the cross rail 31 from the lower side of the front partition plate 28 are provided. Remove it.

  By removing the partition plates 28 to 30 from the cabinet 2 as described above, the cooker body 15 and the power supply box 20 of the electromagnetic heating cooker 3 can be easily maintained from the storage space 11 side of the cabinet 2. Yes. In addition, by configuring the partition portion 7 with the three partition plates 28 to 30, there is an advantage that the partition portion 7 can be easily removed in a narrow space in the cabinet 2.

1 is a side view of a kitchen apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view of a kitchen apparatus same as the above. It is a perspective view of the kitchen apparatus which abbreviate | omitted one part illustration same as the above. It is a perspective view which shows a cooker main body same as the above. It is a sectional side view of the front part of a kitchen apparatus same as the above. It is a sectional side view of the rear part of a kitchen apparatus same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen apparatus 2 Cabinet 3 Electromagnetic heating cooker 6 Space 7 Partition part 8 Cooker arrangement space 11 Storage space 20 Power supply box 28 Front partition plate 29 Rear partition plate 30 Middle partition plate

Claims (3)

In a kitchen apparatus in which an electromagnetic heating cooker is built in a cabinet, a cooking chamber arrangement space for partitioning the space in the cabinet up and down by a partitioning portion and placing the electromagnetic heating cooker in the space above the partitioning portion in the cabinet And the lower space of the partition part as a storage space, the rear part of the partition part is disposed below the front part, and the rear part of the cooker arrangement space is a deeper space than the front part , The partition portion includes a front partition plate disposed in the front portion, a rear partition plate disposed in the rear portion and positioned below the front partition plate, a rear end of the front partition plate, and a front end of the rear partition plate. It is composed of a vertical partition plate that closes the gap, and the front partition plate constitutes the front bottom surface of the cooker arrangement space, and the rear partition plate constitutes the rear bottom surface of the cooker arrangement space A kitchen device. The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each of the front partition plate, the middle partition plate, and the rear partition plate is detachable from the cabinet. An exhaust opening is provided at a position behind the electromagnetic heating cooker in the cabinet counter, an exhaust port is provided at the rear of the heating cooker, connected by a duct, and an intake port is provided at the front of the heating cooker. In addition, by allowing the air outside the cabinet to be taken into the heating cooker via the space above the front partition plate , a waste heat flow path is formed, and the cooking device placement space is further partitioned by the intermediate partition plate The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above.

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