JP5513204B2 - Stove - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a controller that controls the operation of a heating unit that heats the food, an operation unit that includes an operation panel on which an operation switch that operates the heating unit via the controller is disposed, the heating unit, and the controller. And a main power supply that cuts off and supplies electricity to the operation unit, the operation unit is housed in a stove body or a kitchen unit to which the stove body is attached, and a closed posture in which the operation switch cannot be operated, The present invention relates to a stove configured to be switchable between an open position in which the operation switch is exposed and the operation switch can be operated.

  As a conventional technique, in a cooking utensil provided with an operation unit in which many operation keys that function as operation switches are arranged in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the operation unit can be stored in a stove body or a kitchen unit to which the stove body is attached. It is disclosed. Patent Document 1 uses a swinging method (kangaroo pocket method) that swings around a swinging shaft, and Patent Document 2 uses a sliding method that slides back and forth by a slide rail (slider method). The operation unit can be stored inside the cooking utensil body. As a result, when the operation is necessary, the operation unit is opened, and the operation keys are arranged at positions that are easy for the user to operate on the operation unit protruding from the stove body or kitchen unit. And the convenience could be improved.

  In addition, in these cooking utensils, when the operation is not performed, since the operation unit with a large number of operation keys can be stored inside the cooking utensil body, the appearance can be simplified, and the cooking utensil design It was possible to improve the performance.

JP 2003-329252 A JP 2002-238676 A

  However, in the cooking table (a stove) of Patent Document 1 in which the operation unit can be stored and all the operation keys are arranged in the operation unit, if the operation unit is in a closed position when the stove is used, unexpected spillage may occur. In order to prevent this, the operation unit cannot operate the operation switch even if you suddenly try to adjust the heating power of the control burner or inadvertently burnt the cooked food and suddenly try to extinguish the control burner. Because of the closed position, it was not possible to perform quick thermal power adjustment and fire fighting operations.

  In view of this, the cooker disclosed in Patent Document 2 is configured to be extinguished immediately by pressing the second switch by providing a second power switch for power supply separately from the operation unit while allowing the operation unit to be stored. However, in this configuration, since the second power switch is arranged at a position different from the operation unit, it is necessary to check the position in order to operate the power switch. In some cases, it was an obstacle to prompt response.

  In FIG. 7, the perspective view of the stove disclosed by patent document 1 is shown. The stove shown in FIG. 7 is configured such that the main power source 5 is disposed at the upper part of the operation unit 100 and at the upper front corner of the stove body while allowing the operation unit 100 to be housed inside the stove body. In the stove, since the main power source 5 is disposed on the front surface of the stove main body that can be always pressed independently of the operation unit 100, the device is unexpectedly stopped during cooking regardless of the open / closed state of the operation unit 100. When necessary, the operation of the stove can be stopped by depressing the main power source 5 disposed at the upper front corner of the stove main body without causing the trouble of pulling out the operation unit 100.

  However, even when the configuration of FIG. 7 is adopted, the user needs to know the position of the main power supply 5 in advance, and protrudes with respect to the user when the operation unit 100 is open. There is a possibility that the operation unit 100 in the state becomes an obstacle to smooth pressing of the main power supply 5 by the user.

  7 was originally intended to simplify the appearance by housing the operation unit 100, but the main power supply 5 is always located in front of the stove body, so that the appearance is simple. There was a risk of hindering the improvement of design and design.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to promptly deal with a situation that occurs unexpectedly while taking advantage of ease of use, convenience, and design with a retractable operation unit. The purpose is to provide a stove that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, the stove according to the present invention is characterized in that a controller for controlling the operation of the heating unit for heating the cooked food and an operation switch for operating the heating unit via the controller are arranged. An operation unit having an operation panel, and a main power source that supplies and shuts off electricity to the heating unit, the controller, and the operation unit, and the operation unit is a stove body or a kitchen unit to which the stove body is attached A stove configured to be switchable between a closed position in which the operation switch is stored and the operation switch cannot be operated, and an open position in which the operation switch is exposed and the operation switch can be operated. With the change of posture from the closed posture to the open posture, the supply of electricity from the main power source is switched from the cut-off state to the supply state, and the operation unit is closed from the open posture. With the changing of the posture of the energization, it has a switch structure for switching the cutoff state the supply of electricity from the main power supply from the supply state, together with the heating unit is a burner, comprising the operation portion to the stove body, A primary air intake port for combustion provided in the side surface of the operation portion with a vent hole communicating the outside of the stove and the inside of the stove in the open posture, and in the open posture, the air outside the stove is taken into the stove and supplied to the burner In the closed posture, the vent is closed .

According to the above characteristic configuration, since the opening / closing (posture change) of the operating portion of the stove is linked to the on / off of the main power supply, the operating portion always takes the open posture and is open when using the stove. Become. Therefore, for example, an unexpected accident such as spilling or burning may occur during use of the stove, and even if an attempt is made to extinguish the burner, which is a heating unit, or to adjust the heating power, the operation unit is in an open state. Button operation can be performed immediately.
Further, when the operation unit is closed with the closed posture, the main power source is turned off, so that it is guaranteed that the stove is not used. As a result, it is possible to prevent an unexpected accident from occurring when the operation unit is closed (closed posture) and delaying the response.
Further, according to the above-described characteristic configuration, the primary air intake passage for combustion is formed through the vent opening that connects the outside of the stove and the inside of the stove by opening the stove operation portion and setting the open position, so that the stove is being used. Can take in primary air for combustion through the vent. Further, when the stove is not used, since the operation portion is in a closed state, the vent is closed and the vent is not found on the outer surface of the stove, so the stove is neatly designed.

  According to a further characteristic configuration of the stove according to the present invention, the operation unit is configured to be swingable about a swing axis between the closed position and the open position, and in the closed position, the operation panel is connected to the stove. The operation panel that is housed in the main body or the kitchen unit and has the operation switch in the open posture is exposed.

  Alternatively, a further characteristic configuration of the stove according to the present invention is that the operation portion is configured to be freely drawn out from the stove body or the kitchen unit, and the operation portion is housed from the stove body or the kitchen unit. In the posture, the operation panel is housed in the stove body or the kitchen unit, and the operation panel is exposed in the open posture in which the operation portion is pulled out from the stove body or the kitchen unit.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, the operation switch provided on the operation panel of the operation unit can be operated (a state in which the operation unit is opened) as the operation unit swings or the operation unit is pulled out. It is possible to switch between a state where the switch cannot be operated (a state taken in the closed position). And in the open posture which opened the operation part, the operation part will be in the state which protruded toward the user. And the stove which is easy for a user to perform operation and display confirmation can be provided by arrange | positioning an operation switch in the location suitable for operation and display confirmation from a user among the protruding operation parts.

It is a perspective view of the stove which concerns on this invention provided with the rocking | fluctuation type (kangaroo pocket type | mold) operation part. It is a front view of the operation panel of the stove which concerns on this invention. It is a sectional side view of the stove which concerns on this invention provided with the rocking | fluctuation type (kangaroo pocket type) operation part. It is side sectional drawing (part) of the stove which concerns on this invention provided with the operation part of a rocking | swiveling type (kangaroo pocket system). It is a perspective view of the stove which concerns on this invention provided with the operation part of the front-back sliding type (slide rail system, drawer system). It is side sectional drawing (part) of the stove which concerns on this invention provided with the operation part of the front-back sliding type (slide rail system, drawer system). It is a perspective view of the stove of the prior art provided with the operation part by the rocking | fluctuation type (kangaroo pocket system).

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a stove according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment]
FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views showing a gas stove according to the present invention in which a drop-in type gas stove is incorporated in the counter top of the system kitchen SK. The gas stove includes a box-shaped stove body 1 whose upper surface is an open surface.

  The stove body 1 is configured as a heating unit with a total of three stove burners 10 including a front left and right two and a rear one on the upper surface, and a grill 20 inside the stove body 1. A grill door is located on the front side. The top plate 2 is formed with openings for allowing the three conburners 10 to face each other, and the virtues 11 are placed so as to surround the respective openings, and an exhaust port 30 for the grill 20 is provided at the rear portion of the top plate 2. Is forming. Each cooker 10 is provided with a pan bottom temperature sensor 12 that is positioned in the inner peripheral space and abuts against the bottom surface of the cooking container on the virtues 11 to detect its temperature.

  On the front side surface of the stove body 1, a grill door is provided on the left side, and an operation unit 100 for operating the stove burner 10 and the grill 20 on the right side.

  The grill 20 on the left side of the front side of the stove body 1 is used for grill cooking. By opening and closing the grill door, it is possible to input and remove the food from the grill 20. In this embodiment, the open / close structure of the grill door is a slide rail system that slides back and forth to open and close.

The operation unit 100 on the right side of the front side of the stove body 1 has an openable / closable structure that can be stored in the stove body 1. In this embodiment, the operation unit 100 is configured as a swing type that swings around the swing shaft 107. Yes (kangaroo pocket method). When the stove is used, the operation panel 105 (the operation unit 100) is opened and used as shown in FIG. 1A (the operation unit 100 takes an open position). When the stove is not used, the operation unit in the open position is used. By pressing 100, the operation panel 105 (operation unit 100) is housed inside the stove body as shown in FIG. 1B (the operation unit 100 takes a closed position).
On the other hand, when the stove is used, the operation panel 105 (the operation unit 100) is used from the closed position stored in the stove body by pressing the operation unit 100 in the closed position shown in FIG. 1 (a) projecting toward the person.

  When the opening / closing structure is configured as a swinging type as shown in FIG. 1, the operation panel 105 is provided to the user at a slightly inclined angle when the stove is used, so that the user can easily operate the structure. Further, when the stove is not used, a large number of operation switches MS are housed in the stove main body 1 as the entire operation panel 105, and the operation unit 100 has a clean design because only the pressing surface has an appearance.

  FIG. 2 is a front view of the operation panel 105. The operation panel 105 displays, as operation switches MS, the three burner 10 serving as a heating unit, a turn / on key 110 corresponding to each of the grills 20, a thermal power adjustment key 120, a power supply state, and a thermal power state in use. A plurality of LEDs 130 are arranged, and the user performs necessary inputs through these operation switches MS when using the stove. Each of the OFF / ON key 110 and the thermal power adjustment key 120 is input by pressing, and the cooking state (power supply state, thermal power state) input by the OFF / ON key 110 and the thermal power adjustment key 120 corresponds to the corresponding heating unit (stove). It is displayed on the LED 130 indicating the burner 10 and the grill 20).

  The stove body 1 is provided with a controller 7 composed of a microcomputer that controls the combustion state of the combustion section in accordance with the operation state of the operation switch MS provided on the operation panel 105. The controller 7 controls supply of fuel gas to the burner 10 and the grill 20, ignition of the mixed gas by the ignition mechanism, fuel gas supply amount, fire extinguishing and the like in accordance with the operation of the operation switch MS. Further, in the stove of the present embodiment, automatic cooking according to a certain cooking sequence is possible, so operations such as ignition of a burner, adjustment of heating amount, extinguishing, etc. according to the cooking sequence, It is also configured to control automatic cooking status display and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of the stove according to the present embodiment. In the stove according to the present embodiment, the main power source 5 is installed on the back side of the front side surface of the stove body 1. The main power source 5 is an accessory device attached to the combustion section including the operation panel 105, the stove burner 10, and the grill 20, and the power source for the controller 7 described above. The controller 7 operates when the main power supply 5 is turned on, and the controller 7 stops when the main power supply 5 is turned off. The controller 7 is installed at the bottom of the stove body 1 and typically controls cooking by the stove according to the present embodiment through control of the electric valve 6 described later.

  The electric valve 6 for controlling the gas supply to the grill burner (not shown) of each stove burner 10 and the grill 20 is installed in the stove main body 1. The turn-on / off and heating power of the stove burner 10 and the grill burner are adjusted by controlling the gas supply by the electric valve 6. The electric valve 6 is provided for each of the stove burner 10 and the grill burner, and is controlled by the controller 7 based on the input from the operation switch MS (OFF / ON key 110, heating power adjustment key 120) shown in FIG. .

  In the present invention, opening and closing of the operation unit 100 is configured to be accompanied by on / off of the main power supply 5. For example, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 (a), the configuration is shown in FIG. 4 (b) while the handle portion 101 is fixed while the main power source 5 is pressed in the open position of the operation unit 100. As shown, the operation unit 100 is closed when the handle unit 101 is separated from the main power source 5 and the main power source 5 is turned off. With such a configuration, opening / closing of the operation unit 100 is interlocked with on / off of the main power supply 5, and when the operation unit 100 is in the open posture, the main power supply is always in an on state.

  With the above-described configuration, for example, when an unexpected accident such as spilling or scorching occurs while using the stove, and the attempt is made to extinguish the stove burner 10 or reduce the thermal power, the operation unit 100 is always used during the stove use. Since it is operable, the necessary button operations can be performed immediately. On the other hand, when the operation unit 100 is in the closed posture, the main power supply is turned off, so that the electric valve 6 is not controlled, and the stove burner 10 and the grill burner do not operate. Therefore, when the operation unit 100 is in the closed posture, cooking using the stove cannot be performed, so that it is possible to avoid an unexpected accident such as spilling or scorching due to heating.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, a vent 50 is provided on the side surface of the operation unit 100, and the vent 50 is opened when the operation unit 100 is opened. Thus, the stove according to the present embodiment opens the vent 50 only when using the stove with the operation unit 100 opened, and external air taken from the vent 50 passes through the inside of the stove main body 1 to burn primary air A for combustion. As a result, an intake passage for supplying to the stove burner 10 and the grill burner is formed.

  With such a structure, the open / close type is a closed path when the stove not using the combustion primary air A is not used, but a path communicating with the outside of the stove body 1 when the stove using the combustion primary air A is required. The primary air intake path for combustion can be formed. Moreover, since the said vent 50 is provided in the operation part side surface which protrudes only at the time of use, when it does not use a stove, it will be in the state (closed posture) which is not found in the external appearance of a stove. Therefore, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to provide a stove having a clean appearance in terms of design as compared with the conventional technology in which the vent 50 is always in an open posture and forms a part of the appearance.

[Second Embodiment]
FIG. 5 is a view showing a gas stove in which the opening / closing structure of the operation unit is configured by a front / rear sliding structure (slide rail system) as another embodiment of the present invention. Also in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6A, in the open position of the operation unit 100, the handle portion 101 is fixed in the on state where the main power source 5 is pressed, while shown in FIG. 6B. As shown, when the operation unit 100 is closed, the handle 101 is separated from the main power source 5 and the main power source 5 is turned off. Due to such a structure, also in the present embodiment, opening / closing of the operation unit 100 is interlocked with on / off of the main power supply 5, and the operation unit 100 is always open while the stove is used, while the operation unit 100 is closed. The main power is turned off.

  Also in the present embodiment, by providing the vent 50 on the side surface of the operation unit 100, it is possible to form a combustion primary air intake path that communicates only when the stove is used. Further, the point of controlling the operation of the gas stove by the electric valve 6 or the controller 7 is the same as in the first embodiment.

[Other Embodiments]
In addition, although the gas stove provided with the stove and the grill was mentioned as the Example which concerns on this invention above, it is not restricted to the said limitation, The gas stove provided only with a stove may be sufficient.
In the above-described embodiment, the configuration in which the operation unit is provided in the stove body is shown. However, the operation unit may be provided in the stove body, and a configuration in which the kitchen unit is provided separately from the stove body may be adopted.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Stove body 2 Top plate 5 Main power supply 6 Electric valve 7 Controller 10 Heating part (stove burner)
11 Gotoku 12 Pan bottom temperature sensor 20 Grill 30 Exhaust port 50 Vent 100 Operation unit 105 Operation panel 107 Oscillating shaft 110 Off / On key 120 Thermal adjustment key 130 LED
MS operation switch SK System kitchen

Claims (3)

A controller for controlling the operation of the heating unit for heating the food;
An operation unit having an operation panel in which an operation switch for operating the heating unit via the controller is disposed;
A main power source that supplies and shuts off electricity to the heating unit, the controller, and the operation unit;
A closed position in which the operation unit is housed in a stove body or a kitchen unit to which the stove body is attached and the operation switch cannot be operated, and an open position in which the operation switch is exposed and the operation switch can be operated A stove that can be freely switched between postures,
In accordance with the posture change from the closed posture to the open posture of the operation unit, the supply of electricity from the main power source is switched from the cut-off state to the supply state, and the posture of the operation unit is changed from the open posture to the closed posture. with it, it has a switch structure for switching the supply of electricity from the main power cutoff state from the supply state,
The heating unit is a burner, and the operation unit is provided in the stove body.
In the open position, provided with a vent on the side of the operation unit that communicates the outside of the stove and the inside of the stove,
A stove having a combustion primary air intake for supplying air outside the stove into the stove and supplying the burner to the burner in the open position, and the vent is closed in the closed position. The operation unit is configured to be swingable around a swing axis between the closed posture and the open posture,
In the closed position, the operation panel is stored in the stove body or the kitchen unit,
The stove according to claim 1, wherein the operation panel is exposed in the open posture. The operation unit is configured to be freely drawn out from the stove body or the kitchen unit,
In the closed posture in which the operation unit is stored from the stove body or the kitchen unit, the operation panel is stored in the stove body or the kitchen unit,
2. The stove according to claim 1, wherein the operation panel is exposed in the open posture in which the operation unit is pulled out from the stove body or the kitchen unit.

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