JP5460400B2 - Cooker - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooking device that can heat an object to be heated placed on a top plate, and more particularly to a cooking device that includes an operation unit that can be operated from the top surface side of the top plate.

  Conventionally, heating that heats an object to be heated placed on a top plate by a heating means provided below the top plate is provided with a box-shaped main body case having an open top and a top plate that covers the top opening of the main body case. There is a cooker. In such a heating cooker, “the support frame 27 supporting the back surface of the peripheral portion of the top plate 5 is connected to the casing 4”, “the weight on the casing 4 side is not directly applied to the top plate 5. , And is supported by the flange portion 4b of the housing 4 or the support frame 27 "(see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2009-238766 A (6th page, FIG. 5)

In the heating cooker described in Patent Document 1, a fixing member (support frame) that supports the weight of the main body case (housing) projects to the front side of the top plate (top plate) (that is, the front side of the heating cooker). ing. For this reason, when it is going to provide the operation part provided with a membrane switch, a touch panel, etc. in the near side of a top plate, the installation position of the board | substrate and fixing member of an operation part will interfere.
For example, if a substrate for the operation unit is provided on the fixing member, the difference in height between the kitchen upper surface and the top surface of the top plate is increased by the thickness of the fixing member, and the top surface of the top surface is increased. . If it becomes so, the level | step difference of a kitchen upper surface and a top-plate upper surface will become large, and there existed a possibility of leading to the fall of a user's operativity and designability. Further, for example, it is conceivable to provide the operation unit substrate at a position that does not interfere with the installation position of the fixing member. However, in consideration of the operability of the user, it is desirable to provide the operation unit on the top plate as wide as possible on the front side of the top plate. When the installation position of the operation unit is restricted by the fixing member, there is a possibility that the operability may be lowered.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and in a cooking device provided with an operation unit on the front side of the top plate that can be operated from the top surface side of the top plate, the top plate and the main body case And a heating cooker that can be provided without interfering with the installation position of the operation unit.

The cooking device according to the present invention has a box-shaped main body case with an open top, an area larger than the upper opening area of the main body case in plan view, and a top plate that covers the upper opening of the main body case; The heating means disposed below the top plate, the operation unit provided on the front side of the top plate, operable from the upper surface side of the top plate, and attached to the main body case, A fixing member that supports the top plate, and a fixing member that supports the top plate from below by extending from an upper end of the side plate toward the outside of the main body case. The fixing member includes a front plate that extends from the front end of the side plate toward the inside of the front surface of the main body case and contacts the front surface of the main body case, and the fixing member includes a side surface and a front surface of the main body case. Join At least a portion of the corner in which the cover.

  The fixing member of the heating cooker according to the present invention includes a side plate attached to the main body case and a flange portion extending from the upper end of the side plate toward the outside of the main body case, and supports the lower surface of the top plate. Since the fixing member can support the top plate on the outer side in the left-right direction of the main body case, it does not interfere with the operation unit provided on the front side of the top plate.

1 is a perspective view of a heating cooker according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is an exploded view which shows the top plate of the heating cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1, and its periphery structure. It is the figure which looked at the fixing member periphery of the heating cooker which concerns on Embodiment 1 from the lower side. It is the figure which looked at the fixing member periphery of the heating cooker which concerns on Embodiment 2 from the lower side. It is the figure which looked at the fixing member periphery of the heating cooker which concerns on Embodiment 3 from the lower side. It is a figure explaining the protective cover which concerns on Embodiment 3, and its attachment structure.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
In the present embodiment, a so-called built-in heating cooker will be described as an example. This built-in type cooking device is inserted from above into the opening provided in the kitchen K so that the top plate of the kitchen K and the top surface of the cooking device are configured on substantially the same plane. It is a cooking device installed.
1 is a perspective view of a heating cooker according to Embodiment 1, and FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a top plate and its peripheral structure.

[Overall configuration of cooking device]
With reference to FIG. 1, FIG. 2, the whole structure of the heating cooker which concerns on this Embodiment is demonstrated.
The heating cooker 100 includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped main body case 1 having an upper opening, and a top plate 2 that covers the upper surface opening of the main body case 1. The entire top plate 2 is made of a nonmagnetic material such as heat-resistant tempered glass or crystallized glass, and the front, rear, left and right side edges of the top plate 2 are held by the outer peripheral frame 10. In plan view, the area of the top plate 2 is larger than the area of the upper surface opening of the main body case 1. In a state in which the top plate 2 is placed on the main body case 1, the outer periphery of the top plate 2 projects outward from the outer periphery of the main body case 1 like a bowl.
Inside the main body case 1, two heating coils 5L and 5R are arranged side by side as heating sources. On the top surface of the top plate 2, circular guide marks 3L and 3R indicating the approximate positions of the two heating coils are provided by a method such as printing.
A grill heating chamber (not shown) having a radiant electric heating source such as a sheathed heater is defined in the body case 1, and the front opening of the grill heating chamber is the front side of the body case 1. The door 6 is provided so as to be openable and closable.
On the front side of the main body case 1, a main power button 7 for turning on / off the main power of the heating cooker 100, a heating power adjustment dial 8L for adjusting the heating power of the heating coil 5L, and a heating power for adjusting the heating power of the heating coil 5R. An adjustment dial 8R is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the outer peripheral frame 10 includes a front frame 11 that covers the front edge of the top plate 2, a side frame 12 that covers the left and right edges of the top plate 2, and a back frame 13 that covers the rear edge of the top plate 2. With. Between the front, rear, left and right edges of the top plate 2 and the outer peripheral frame 10, rubber packing and a sealing material (not shown) are interposed, and both are fixed in a watertight state.

A base frame 50 is provided below the top plate 2. The base frame 50 generally has a frame shape, is disposed at a position sandwiched between the top plate 2 and the main body case 1, and supports the lower surface of the top plate 2 in a frame shape. The outer peripheral end of the base frame 50 is bent upward over substantially the entire periphery to form an outer peripheral wall 51. The top plate 2 can be accommodated inside the outer peripheral wall 51. In the first embodiment, the case where the outer peripheral wall 51 is provided over almost the entire circumference of the base frame 50 has been described as an example. However, a configuration in which a part of the outer peripheral wall 51 is appropriately cut out may be used. However, there is no hindrance to accommodation of the top board 2.
The front frame of the base frame 50 is formed with a window portion 56 having a substantially the same area as that of a touch panel device 60 described later and capable of fitting the touch panel device 60.

The front side of the top plate 2 accepts input of various signals such as heating coils 5L, 5R and heating / stop signals of heating sources of the heating chamber of the grill, heating temperature, heating mode setting, and the heating temperature and operating state. A touch panel type operation display unit 4 for displaying is provided. The left-right width of the operation display unit 4 is larger than the left-right width of the main body case 1.
The operation display unit 4 includes a touch panel device 60 disposed below the nonmagnetic top plate 2 and a touch panel holder 70 that holds the touch panel device 60.

  The touch panel device 60 is a so-called capacitive touch panel, and is configured by overlaying transparent electrodes for coordinate input on a display device such as a liquid crystal screen. Depending on the operating state of the cooking device 100, the heating mode, and the like, the display device displays, for example, characters and images indicating heating / stopping, temperature increase / decrease, etc., and prompts the user to touch with a finger. When the user touches the portion of the operation display unit 4 of the top plate 2, the touch panel device 60 detects a change in capacitance formed between the user's finger and the transparent electrode via the top plate 2. Based on this, the position touched by the user's finger is detected. The position information detected by the touch panel device 60 is transmitted to a control unit (not shown), and the control unit performs a control process according to the position information.

  The touch panel holder 70 is a member that accommodates the touch panel device 60. The touch panel holder 70 pushes up the touch panel device 60 toward the top plate 2 and maintains a predetermined distance between the top plate 2 and the touch panel device 60.

In the assembled state, the touch panel device 60 accommodated in the touch panel holder 70 is fitted into the window portion 56 of the base frame 50.
The horizontal width of the touch panel device 60 is larger than the horizontal width of the main body case 1, and the left and right ends of the touch panel device 60 are positioned outside the left and right ends of the main body case.
When the touch panel device 60 is assembled to the lower side of the top plate 2 by the touch panel holder 70, the user can see characters, images, etc. displayed on the display device of the touch panel device 60 through the nonmagnetic top plate 2. .

  In the first embodiment, the operation display unit 4 including a capacitive touch panel is described as an example, but the configuration of the touch panel is not limited. Further, for example, the operation display unit may be configured by a so-called membrane switch having a substrate on which a push operation type switch or the like is mounted, and an arbitrary operation display unit can be provided.

  The front cover 30 is a cover attached to the front side of the main body case 1 and below the touch panel holder 70. When the heating cooker 100 is inserted into the opening of the kitchen K, the front cover 30 contacts the wall surface of the opening of the kitchen K and protects the heating cooker 100.

  The front cover 30 includes an upper surface portion 31, a back surface portion 32 that is bent downward from the rear end of the upper surface portion 31, and a bottom surface portion 33 that is bent forward from the lower end of the back surface portion 32. . The front cover 30 is substantially U-shaped with the front surface opened in the longitudinal section, and the upper surface portion 31 and the bottom surface portion 33 are substantially horizontal in the attached state.

  The fixing member 40 is a member that is attached to the front side of the left and right side surfaces of the main body case 1 and supports the top plate 2 from below, and is made of sheet metal or the like. The fixing member 40 includes a side plate 41 that is configured in a flat plate shape and is attached to the side surface of the main body case 1, and a flange portion 42 that extends from the upper end of the side surface plate 41 toward the outer side of the main body case 1. It is configured in a nearly bowl shape. The side plate 41 is provided with a screw hole 43 for attaching the fixing member 40 to the main body case 1.

[Mounting structure]
FIG. 3 is a view of the periphery of the fixing member 40 of the heating cooker 100 according to Embodiment 1 as viewed from below. With reference to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the attachment structure of the peripheral member of the top plate 2 is demonstrated.

The touch panel device 60 accommodated in the touch panel holder 70 is fitted into the window portion 56 of the base frame 50, and the touch panel holder 70 and the base frame 50 are screwed together to connect the touch panel device 60 and the base frame 50. . Moreover, the main body case 1 and the front cover 30 are connected by attaching the front cover 30 to the lower side of the touch panel holder 70 and screwing the main body case 1 and the front cover 30. Further, the fixing member 40 and the main body case 1 are connected by screwing the fixing member 40 to the front side of the side surface of the main body case 1. At this time, the upper end of the main body case 1 and the upper surface of the flange portion 42 of the fixing member 40 have substantially the same height.
On the main body case to which the front cover 30 is attached, the base frame 50 (with the touch panel device 60 attached) and the top plate 2 are placed in order. Then, the front frame 11, the side frame 12, and the back frame 13 are attached so as to cover the outer periphery of the top plate 2. When the front frame 11 is attached, the front end of the base frame 50 is covered with the front frame 11 as shown in FIG.
When attached in this manner, the upper surface of the upper surface portion 31 of the front cover 30 comes into contact with the lower surface of the touch panel holder 70 and pushes the touch panel holder 70 upward (to the top plate 2 side). By pushing up the touch panel holder 70 upward, the touch panel device 60 approaches the top plate 2 and the detection accuracy of the capacitance change of the touch panel can be maintained with high accuracy.

  The cooker 100 assembled in this way is inserted and installed from above into an opening provided in the kitchen K. When inserted into the opening portion of the kitchen K, the corner portion connecting the side surface and the upper surface of the opening portion of the kitchen K abuts on the corner portion constituted by the side plate 41 and the flange portion 42 of the fixing member 40. The lower surface of the flange portion 42 comes into contact with the top surface around the opening of the kitchen K. In the installation state in the kitchen K, the fixing member 40 can assist the weight support of the main body case 1 of the heating cooker 100.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the fixing member 40 includes the side plate 41 attached to the main body case 1 and the flange portion 42 extending from the upper end of the side plate 41 toward the outside of the main body case 1. The bottom surface of the top plate 2 is supported. Since the flange portion 42 of the fixing member 40 can support the top plate 2 on the outer side in the left-right direction of the main body case 1, the touch panel holder 70 and the touch panel device 60 of the operation display unit 4 provided on the near side of the top plate 2. There is no interference with. For this reason, the operation display unit 4 can be configured to be larger than the lateral width of the main body case 1. Since the wide range of the top plate 2 can be used as the operation display unit 4, the user's operation part can be enlarged and the operability of the user can be improved.

  Further, since the fixing member 40 is not stacked on the lower side of the touch panel holder 70, the thickness of the front side of the top plate 2 can be reduced. For this reason, it can suppress that the upper surface of the top plate 2 of the heating cooker 100 becomes high, and the operability of the user who operates on the upper surface of the top plate 2 is not reduced. Moreover, since the level | step difference between the upper surface of the kitchen K and the upper surface of the top plate 2 can be made small when the heating cooker 100 is attached to the kitchen K, a flatter system kitchen can be comprised and it is excellent in design property.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the second embodiment, another configuration example of the fixing member will be described. FIG. 4 is a view of the periphery of the fixing member 40A of the heating cooker 100 according to Embodiment 2 as viewed from below. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the component which is the same as that of Embodiment 1, or equivalent.

  The fixing member 40A is a member that is attached to the front side of the side surface of the main body case 1 and supports the top plate 2 from below, and is made of sheet metal or the like. The fixing member 40 </ b> A includes a side plate 41 configured in a flat plate shape and attached to the side surface of the main body case 1, and a flange portion 42 extending from the upper end of the side surface plate 41 toward the outer side of the main body case 1. Furthermore, a front plate 44 extending from the front end of the side plate 41 toward the inside of the front surface of the main body case 1 is provided. In a plan view, the side plate 41 and the front plate 44 are substantially L-shaped. Further, the front plate 44 is provided with a screw hole 43 for attaching the fixing member 40 </ b> A to the main body case 1.

  The fixing member 40 </ b> A configured in this way is attached to the front corner portion of the main body case 1 so that the flange portion 42 and the upper surface of the main body case 1 have substantially the same height. In the attached state, the corner portion connecting the side plate 41 and the front plate 44 of the fixing member 40 </ b> A abuts the corner portion connecting the side surface and the front surface of the main body case 1.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the flange portion 42 of the fixing member 40 </ b> A can support the top plate 2 on the left and right outer sides of the main body case 1, so that it is provided on the front side of the top plate 2. The same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained without interfering with the touch panel holder 70 or the touch panel device 60 of the operation display unit 4.

Furthermore, the L-shaped structure in plan view is formed by the side plate 41 and the front plate 44, and the L-shaped structure is attached to the corner portion connecting the side surface and the front surface of the main body case 1, so that the rigidity of the main case 1 is increased. be able to.
Further, since the screw hole 43 is provided in the front plate 44 provided on the front side of the main body case 1, when the fixing member 40 </ b> A is screwed to the main body case 1, the work can be performed from the front side of the main body case 1. For this reason, the attachment work efficiency of 40 A of fixing members can be improved.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 5 is a view of the periphery of the fixing member 40 </ b> A of the heating cooker according to Embodiment 3 as seen from below. In the third embodiment, the fixing member 40A has the same configuration as that of the second embodiment described above, but is characterized in that a protective cover 80 is provided. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the component which is the same as that of Embodiment 2, or equivalent.

6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating the protective cover 80. FIG. 6A is a perspective view of the protective cover 80, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view of the vicinity of the fixing member 40A to which the protective cover 80 is attached. Show.
As shown in FIG. 6A, the protective cover 80 includes a top surface portion 81 that is configured to be substantially horizontal, and a flat plate-shaped side surface portion 82 that is bent substantially vertically from the outer periphery of the top surface portion 81. . The side surface portion 82 is provided with a screw hole 83 at a position corresponding to the screw hole 43 of the fixing member 40A. The protective cover 80 is made of a member that is thinner than the fixing member 40A.

  As shown in FIG. 6 (B), the upper surface portion 31 of the front cover 30 arranged so as to protrude from the front surface of the main body case 1 toward the front side, and the outer surface from the side surface of the main body case 1 so as to protrude outward. A square surface C is formed between the flange portion 42 and the flange portion 42. The top surface portion 81 of the protective cover 80 is disposed at the position of the corner surface C and protects the corner surface C.

  When the protective cover 80 is attached, the side surface portion 82 of the protective cover 80 is inserted between the front surface of the main body case 1 and the front plate 44 of the fixing member 40A. That is, the side surface portion 82 is sandwiched between the front plate 44 and the front surface of the main body case 1. The protective cover 80 and the fixing member 40 </ b> A are integrally attached to the main body case 1 by being screwed into the screw holes 43 and the screw holes 83. The protective cover 80 is attached to each of the left and right sides of the main body case 1.

When the protective cover 80 is attached, substantially the same plane is formed by the flange portion 42, the top surface portion 81, and the upper surface portion 31, as shown in FIG. As a result, on the lower side of the top plate 2, a bowl-like structure is provided on the front side outer peripheral portion of the upper opening of the main body case 1.
Further, the top surface portion 81 of the protective cover 80 contacts the lower surface of the end portion of the touch panel holder 70 to protect the back surface of the touch panel holder 70.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the protective cover 80 is provided in addition to the fixing member 40A of the second embodiment. Since the protective cover 80 covers the square surface C formed between the flange portion 42 of the fixing member 40A and the upper surface portion 31 of the front cover 30, the protection on the front side outer periphery of the upper opening of the main body case 1 should be strengthened. Can do.
Further, since the top surface portion 81 of the protective cover 80 covers the corner surface C, it is possible to prevent water and insects from entering from the portion of the corner surface C between the top plate 2 and the main body case 1.

  Further, for example, when the heating cooker 100 is transported or installed, since the top plate 2 and the outer peripheral frame 10 project outside the upper opening of the main body case 1, the projecting portion has a back surface. The pressing force from is applied. In the third embodiment, the top surface portion 81 of the protective cover 80 abuts on the bottom surface of the end portion of the touch panel holder 70 that constitutes the operation display unit 4 and covers the end portion of the touch panel holder 70. Thus, the operation display unit 4 can be protected.

  In the third embodiment, the example in which the protective cover 80 is attached with the side surface portion 82 sandwiched between the front plate 44 and the front surface of the main body case 1 has been described. The protective cover 80 may be attached by overlapping the side surface portions 82.

  1 Main body case, 2 Top plate, 3L, 3R Information mark, 4 Operation display, 5L, 5R Heating coil, 6 Door, 7 Main power button, 8L, 8R Thermal adjustment dial, 10 Outer frame, 11 Front frame, 12 Side Frame, 13 Back frame, 27 Support frame, 30 Front cover, 31 Upper surface portion, 32 Back surface portion, 33 Bottom surface portion, 40 Fixing member, 40A Fixing member, 41 Side plate, 42 Flange portion, 43 Screw hole, 44 Front plate, 50 base frame, 51 outer peripheral wall, 56 window portion, 60 touch panel device, 70 touch panel holder, 80 protective cover, 81 top surface portion, 82 side surface portion, 83 screw hole, 100 heating cooker, C square surface, K kitchen.

Claims (5)

A box-shaped body case with an open top;
A top plate that has an area larger than the upper opening area of the main body case in plan view, and covers the upper opening of the main body case;
Heating means disposed below the top plate;
An operation unit provided on the front side of the top plate and operable from the upper surface side of the top plate;
A fixing member attached to the main body case and supporting the top plate from below;
The fixing member is
A side plate attached to the side surface of the main body case, and a flange portion extending from the upper end of the side plate toward the outside of the main body case to support the top plate from below ,
The fixing member includes a front plate that extends from a front end of the side plate toward the inside of the front surface of the main body case and is in contact with the front surface of the main body case.
The cooking device according to claim 1, wherein the fixing member covers at least a part of a corner joining the side surface and the front surface of the main body case . A box-shaped body case with an open top;
A top plate that has an area larger than the upper opening area of the main body case in plan view, and covers the upper opening of the main body case;
Heating means disposed below the top plate;
An operation unit provided on the front side of the top plate and operable from the upper surface side of the top plate;
A fixing member attached to the main body case and supporting the top plate from below;
The fixing member is
A side plate attached to the side surface of the main body case, and a flange portion extending from the upper end of the side plate toward the outside of the main body case to support the top plate from below ,
The operation unit is
An operation board and an operation board holder for holding the operation board;
A front cover is attached to the front side of the main body case, and the front cover has an upper surface portion disposed so as to protrude from the front surface of the main body case toward the front side,
A cooking device , wherein a protective cover is provided so as to be in contact with the lower surfaces of the left and right end portions of the operation board holder and to be flush with the upper surface portion and the flange portion . The cooking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of the left end portion and the right end portion of the operation portion is disposed outside an end portion in the left-right direction of the main body case. . The cooking device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a left-right width of the operation unit is larger than a left-right width of the main body case. The operation unit includes an operation board and an operation board holder that holds the operation board.
The heating cooker according to claim 1 , further comprising a protective cover that comes into contact with the lower surfaces of the left and right end portions of the operation board holder.

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