JP6010074B2 - Point fire extinguishing operation button on gas stove - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a burner point-extinguishing operation button provided on a front surface of a main body of a gas stove.

  In the conventional fire extinguishing operation button of a gas stove, the gas supply valve device of the corresponding burner which is provided in a rotatable state on the front surface portion of the stove body and is rotated rearward by an ignition operation for pushing the operating element into the stove body side. There is known one configured so as to be opened (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 to 3).

JP-A-9-159164 JP-A-8-320120 No. 7-22023

  However, as shown in FIG. 6, in the point fire extinguishing operation button 9 of the conventional gas stove 8, the front end portion 910 of the operation element 91 is positioned below the support shaft 92, so that the front end portion 910 is horizontally oriented from the front. When a pressing force is applied, the stress N1 acts in the direction in which the point fire extinguishing operation button 9 is rotated rearward inside the stove body 80, that is, in the ignition operation direction. Accordingly, if the user's body, luggage, or the like comes into contact with the front end 910 of the operation element 91 from the front, the point-extinguishing operation button 9 rotates rearward in the same manner as when the ignition operation is performed, and the gas is unintended. There is a possibility that the supply valve device 85 is in an open state.

  The conventional point fire extinguishing operation button 9 is configured to push the operating element 91 toward the stove main body 80 as a burner ignition operation or a fire extinguishing operation. Since the force acts in the direction of pushing backward against the user's body, it is necessary to push the operation element 91 with a larger force accordingly.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and its purpose is to use a fire extinguishing operation button provided on the front surface of the main body of a gas stove to misfire the burner when the user's body or luggage comes in contact from the front. It is to improve the operability while preventing the above.

  The present invention is a point-extinguishing operation button provided on the front surface of the main body of the gas stove, an operation element that protrudes from the button body to the front of the stove body, and a support shaft that supports the button body in a state in which the button body can be rotated up and down. In the off state where the ignition operation is not performed, the front end portion of the operation element is disposed above the support shaft, and the button body is rotated downward by the operation of pushing the operation element down from the off state position. The burner gas supply valve apparatus is configured to be opened.

  In this case, when the ignition operation is not performed, the front end portion of the operation element is located above the support shaft, so that when a pressing force is applied horizontally to the front end portion from the front, the button body Stress is exerted in the direction of rotating upward, that is, in the direction opposite to the ignition operation direction. Therefore, even if the user's body or baggage comes into contact with the front end of the operation element from the front, the button body is difficult to rotate in the ignition operation direction.

  In particular, in this case, since the front end portion of the operation element is located above the support shaft in the off state, when the stress acts in the direction of rotating downward with respect to the button body, the operation element is in the off state. Rotate while squeezing forward halfway from the position. Therefore, even if the user's body or baggage contacts the front end portion of the operation element obliquely downward from the front, it is difficult to rotate further forward (in the ignition operation direction).

  Further, in this device, the burner is ignited by the operation of depressing the operation element. Therefore, the reaction force of the force pushing the operation element acts on the user's body in the vertical direction and cancels out the weight. Is done. Therefore, the operation element can be operated with a small force.

  Preferably, in the above-described point-extinguishing operation button, the distance from the rotation axis of the button body to the reference force point of the operating element is a pressure that moves the valve opening shaft terminal of the gas supply valve device from the rotation axis to the open position. This is set longer than the distance to the reference action point of the part.

  In this case, since the distance from the rotation axis of the button body to the reference force point of the operating element is longer than the distance from the reference action point of the pressing portion, the lever is added to the valve opening shaft terminal of the gas supply valve device by the lever principle. Since the pressing force increases, the operator can be operated with a smaller force.

  Preferably, the gas fire point operation button of the gas stove includes an ignition display unit indicating that a burner ignition operation has been performed, and the ignition display unit is provided at a position above the operator in the button body, and is in the off state. Is concealed in the inside of the stove body, and is configured to be exposed to the outside of the stove body when the operating element is turned downward from the position in the off state to be in the on state.

  In the case where a display window is provided on the front or top of the operator to display the operation status, and the display window display changes according to the operation status of ignition or fire extinguishing, the display window display changes Since it is necessary to recognize the operation state of the operator from the above, the operation state may not be sufficiently visually recognized depending on the viewing angle and the reflection of light. In particular, in the case where the display window is provided at the operation position of the operator, since the visual recognition of the display window is hindered by the finger operated, the operation state is more difficult to recognize.

  However, the point-extinguishing operation button of the present invention has an ignition display portion that is concealed in the stove body when the ignition operation is not performed and is exposed to the outside of the stove body when the ignition operation is performed. Regardless of the viewing angle or the reflection of light, the operation state of ignition and extinction can be visually recognized intuitively. Further, in this case, the ignition display unit is provided at a position above the operation element in the button body and hidden in the stove body when the ignition operation is not performed. There are few cases where the visual recognition of the ignition display portion is hindered. Therefore, it is easier to visually recognize the operation state.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since it is difficult to be turned on even when a pressing force in the horizontal direction is applied to the operation element, it is possible to prevent erroneous ignition of the burner when the user's body contacts from the front. it can. Further, since the operator can be operated with a small force, the operability is also good.

FIG. 1 is a schematic perspective view of a gas stove provided with a point-extinguishing operation button according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic vertical sectional view in side view showing the periphery of the front portion of the main body of the gas stove provided with the point fire extinguishing operation button according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the point-extinguishing operation button according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a schematic side view (1) of the point-extinguishing operation button according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a schematic side view (2) of the point-extinguishing operation button according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic side view of a conventional point-extinguishing operation button.

Next, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a gas stove 1 provided with a plurality of stove burners 12 </ b> A on a main body upper surface portion 101, and a grill cabinet 100 is provided inside the stove main body 10. In addition, a grill burner 12 </ b> B for heating food in the grill store 100 is disposed inside the grill store 100. In this specification, the width direction of the stove main body 10 when viewed from the main body front face 102 side is referred to as the left-right direction, the depth direction is referred to as the front-rear direction, and the height direction is referred to as the up-down direction.

  The point-extinguishing operation button 2 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a stove operation button 2A for performing manual ignition and manual extinguishing of the stove burner 12A, and a grill for performing manual ignition and manual extinguishing of the grill burner 12B. A plurality of operation buttons 2B are provided on the main body front surface portion 102 of the gas stove 1. Further, above each point fire extinguishing operation button 2 in the main body front portion 102, a thermal power adjusting lever 13 for manually adjusting the thermal power of the stove burner 12A and the grill burner 12B (hereinafter collectively referred to as “burner 12”) is provided. It has been.

  The point fire extinguishing operation button 2 and the heating power adjusting lever 13 are disposed on the upper half surface 102A of the main body front face 102. On the other hand, a setting operation switch 14 for selecting and setting a timer cooking time and an automatic cooking mode by each burner 12 is disposed on the lower half surface 102B of the main body front portion 102. The lower half surface 102B is inclined forward and downward from the lower side of the upper half surface 102A, and the lower side of the lower half surface 102B is positioned in front of the stove body 10.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a valve unit 15 as a gas supply valve device of the corresponding burner 12 is incorporated at a position near the main body front surface portion 102 in the stove main body 10. The valve unit 15 has a pipe connection port 15A at one end connected to the gas pipe 16 in the stove body 10 and a gas injection nozzle 15B at the other end facing the gas inlet 12B of the corresponding burner 12. In addition, one gas flow passage 150 that connects the pipe connection port 15A and the gas injection nozzle 15B is provided inside the valve unit 15.

  The gas flow passage 150 is opened by an ignition operation of the point fire extinguishing operation button 2 and is closed by the fire extinguishing or misfire of the burner 12, a main valve 152 opened and closed by an ignition operation or an extinguishing operation of the point fire extinguishing operation button 2, A thermal power switching valve 153 that switches the amount of gas supplied to the burner 12 in accordance with an instruction from a control circuit (not shown) incorporated in the main body 10 and a needle whose opening degree is adjusted in accordance with the operating position of the thermal power adjustment lever 13. Valves 154 are arranged in this order from the upstream side.

  The main valve 152 is fixed to an intermediate portion of the valve shaft 155 extending in the front-rear direction inside the valve unit 15 and is always pressed in the closing direction (forward) together with the valve shaft 155 by the pressing force of the spring. ing. The electromagnetic on-off valve 151 is disposed on the rear end side of the valve shaft 155, and is pushed and opened at the shaft end of the valve shaft 155 when the valve shaft 155 slides in the opening direction (rearward). . Further, on the front end side of the valve shaft 155, there is provided a valve opening shaft terminal 156 that is pushed into the valve unit 15 in conjunction with the ignition operation of the point fire extinguishing operation button 2 and slides the valve shaft 155 in the opening direction. ing.

  The valve opening shaft terminal 156 is provided in a state of projecting forward from the valve unit 15 at the rear position of the corresponding point fire extinguishing operation button 2. Further, the valve opening shaft terminal 156 is connected to a push-push mechanism (not shown), and reciprocates alternately between a predetermined open position and a closed position every time it is pushed backward, and either position It is locked with. Therefore, when the valve opening shaft terminal 156 is pushed rearward and moved to the open position, the main valve 152 and the electromagnetic on-off valve 151 are opened accordingly. When ignition of the burner 12 is detected in this state, the electromagnetic on-off valve 151 is maintained in an open state by electromagnetic force. On the other hand, when the valve opening shaft terminal 156 is pushed backward again to return to the closed position, the main valve 152 is closed accordingly. Thereafter, when the fire extinguishing of the burner 12 is detected, the electromagnetic on-off valve 151 is also closed.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the button main body 20 of the point-extinguishing operation button 2 is formed in a substantially semi-cylindrical shape, and the outer peripheral surface 201 is forward from the operation button opening 17 formed in the front surface portion 102 of the main body. It is built in the inside of the stove main body 10 in a state where it faces.

  An operation element 21 for igniting and extinguishing the burner 12 is provided on the outer peripheral surface 201 of the button body 20. On the other hand, the left and right side surfaces 202 of the button body 20 are provided with support shafts 22 that support the button body 20 in a rotatable state.

  At the center of the lower end of the button body 20, a pressing protrusion 23 is provided as a pressing portion that pushes the valve opening shaft terminal 156 rearward as the button body 20 rotates downward. Further, an ignition display unit 24 is provided on the outer peripheral surface 201 of the button body 20 and above the operation element 21 to indicate that the corresponding burner 12 has been ignited.

  The operation element 21 is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side, and protrudes from the operation button opening 17 to the front side of the front surface portion 102 of the main body. Further, the operation element 21 is configured to be disposed near the upper edge of the operation button opening 17 in the off state (the state shown in FIGS. 2 and 3) in which the ignition operation is not performed. Therefore, the ignition display unit 24 is hidden in the space behind the upper edge of the operation button opening 17 in the off state.

  A front end portion (hereinafter referred to as “operator front end”) 210 of the operation element 21 is located behind the lower side of the lower half surface 102B of the main body front surface section 102. Therefore, the user's body and luggage approaching in front of the front face 102 of the main body easily come into contact with the lower side of the lower half face 102B of the front face 102 of the main body before the front end 210 of the operation element. That is, since the lower side of the front surface 102 of the main body protrudes forward from the front end 210 of the operation element, it is difficult for the user's body and luggage to contact the front end 210 of the operation element.

  An upper surface portion (hereinafter referred to as “operator upper surface”) 211 of the operation element 21 is inclined forward and downward from the outer peripheral surface 201 of the main body front surface section 102. Therefore, even if boiled spilled on the upper surface portion 101 of the main body flows down to the arrangement portion of the operation element 21, it does not easily stay on the upper surface 211 of the operation element. Note that the operator upper surface 211 is an operation surface when the burner 12 is ignited or extinguished.

  Considering the loss of force applied to the operation element upper surface 211 when performing an ignition operation or a fire extinguishing operation, the inclination angle of the operation element upper surface 211 is determined by the upper edge of the operation element front end 210 and the rotation axis of the button body 20. It is desirable to match or be parallel to the connecting line. However, in consideration of the above-mentioned problem of spilling, the operation element upper surface 211 of the point-extinguishing operation button 2 according to the present embodiment has a gentle upward inclination angle from the upper edge of the operation element front end 210 (here, 1 Degree).

  The support shaft 22 protrudes from the side surface 202 of the button main body 20 to the left and right sides, and is connected to and supported by a support wall 18 (see FIG. 2) erected on the back surface of the front surface portion 102 of the main body. That is, the button body 20 is supported by the support wall 18 so as to be rotatable in the vertical direction (the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface 201) about the support shaft 22, and the line F ( 3) is the rotational axis of the button body 20.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the pressing protrusion 23 extends downward from the lower end of the button body 20 to a position in front of the valve opening shaft terminal 156. Further, a projecting piece 19 that contacts the front surface portion 231 of the pressing protrusion 23 in the off state is provided on the back surface of the main body front surface portion 102 and in front of the pressing protrusion 23. Therefore, even if stress is applied in the direction in which the button main body 20 is rotated upward, the button main body 20 does not rotate upward from the position in the off state.

  The rear surface portion 232 of the pressing protrusion 23 is inclined forward and downward, and a valve opening shaft terminal 156 is provided behind the rear surface portion 232 so as to face the rear surface portion 232. Therefore, when the button body 20 is rotated downward by an ignition or fire extinguishing operation, the pressing protrusion 23 rotates rearward with the rear surface portion 232 abutting against the front end of the valve opening shaft terminal 156, and opens. The valve shaft terminal 156 is pushed backward.

  In this way, the point fire extinguishing operation button 2 is operated from the off state (state indicated by the solid line in FIG. 4) where the ignition operation is not performed to the on state (state indicated by the two-dot chain line in FIG. 4). The valve-opening shaft terminal 156 is moved to the open position by depressing the valve 21 and the valve-opening shaft terminal 156 is moved to the closed position by depressing the operating element 21 again from this state. Has been.

  The contact point (hereinafter referred to as “reference action point”) A between the rear surface portion 232 of the pressing protrusion 23 and the valve opening shaft terminal 156 is set so as to be always below the rotational axis F of the button body 20. . Further, the center point (hereinafter referred to as “reference force point”) P of the front edge of the operation element upper surface 211 is positioned above the rotational axis F of the button body 20 in both the off state and the on state. Is set to

  The distance FP from the rotation axis F to the reference force point P is set to be longer than the distance FA from the rotation axis F to the reference action point A (here, approximately 1.6 times the distance FA). Therefore, the pressing force applied to the reference action point A when the operating element 21 is pushed down is increased by the lever principle accordingly.

  Further, the operating element 21 and the pressing protrusion 23 are both formed integrally with the button body 20. Therefore, the force that pushes down the operation element 21 is converted into a pressing force that moves the valve opening shaft terminal 156 rearward with very little loss, and is transmitted to the reference action point A.

  The ignition display unit 24 is provided at a position in front of the vertical line passing through the rotation axis F of the button body 20 in a side view and on the opposite side of the pressing protrusion 23 across a horizontal line passing through the rotation axis F. Accordingly, when the operating element 21 is pushed down and the pressing projection 23 rotates rearward, the ignition display unit 24 is quickly exposed to the outside front of the main body front surface portion 102 from the operation button opening 17 accordingly.

  The ignition display unit 24 is formed to be inclined forward and downward from the vicinity of the upper end of the button body 20 toward the operation element 21. Furthermore, a color sticker (hereinafter referred to as “display”) 240 indicating that the point-extinguishing operation button 2 is in an on state is attached to a predetermined area of the ignition display unit 24. Therefore, when the operation element 21 is pushed down to the approximate center position of the operation button opening 17 and is turned on, the ignition display unit 24 is exposed to the outer front side of the main body front surface unit 102 with the display 240 obliquely upward. It becomes a state.

  According to the above-described embodiment, since the operating element front end 210 is positioned above the support shaft 22 in the off state where the ignition operation is not performed, as shown in FIG. When a pressing force is applied, the stress N1 acts in a direction in which the button body 20 is rotated upward, that is, in a direction opposite to the ignition operation direction. Therefore, even if the user's body or baggage comes into contact with the operator front end 210 from the front, the button body 20 is difficult to rotate in the ignition operation direction. That is, it is difficult to turn on. Therefore, erroneous ignition of the burner 12 can be prevented.

  In particular, in this case, since the operating element front end 210 is located above the support shaft 22 in the off state, when the stress acts in the direction of rotating downward with respect to the button body 20, the operating element 21 is As shown in FIG. 4, the vehicle rotates while approaching from the position in the off state to the middle. Therefore, even if the user's body or luggage contacts the operating element front end 210 obliquely downward from the front, it is difficult to rotate further forward, that is, in the ignition operation direction. Therefore, erroneous ignition of the burner 12 can be prevented more reliably.

  Further, in this device, the burner 12 is ignited by an operation of depressing the operation element 21, and the reaction force of the force pushing the operation element 21 acts on the body of the user in the vertical direction, and the weight Therefore, the operation element 21 can be operated with a small force. Therefore, operability is also good.

  Further, according to the above embodiment, the distance FP from the rotational axis F of the button body 20 to the reference force point P of the operating element 21 is longer than the distance FA to the reference action point A of the pressing protrusion 23. Since the pressing force applied to the valve shaft terminal 156 increases, the operator 21 can be operated with a smaller force. Therefore, the operability is even better.

  By the way, in the conventional point-extinguishing operation button 9 shown in FIG. 6, the gas supply valve device is opened and closed by an operation of pushing the operating element 91 provided at a position below the support shaft 92 to the inside rear of the stove body 80. Therefore, it is necessary to secure a space around the point fire extinguishing operation button 9 inside the stove main body 80 so that the entire point extinguishing operation button 9 including the operation element 91 can be pushed backward. However, in the point-extinguishing operation button 2 according to the present embodiment, the pressing projection 23 is rotated backward by an operation of pressing down the operation element 21 protruding forward of the stove body 10, and the valve unit (gas supply valve device) 15 is moved. Since it is configured to be opened and closed, as shown in FIG. 4, a space for accommodating the button main body 20 and a pressing protrusion 23 are provided in a predetermined range around the point fire extinguishing operation button 2 inside the stove main body 10. A space that can be rotated back and forth is sufficient. Accordingly, the setting operation switch 14 can be disposed below the point fire extinguishing operation button 2, and the degree of freedom in designing the entire gas stove 1 is improved.

  In addition, since the reference action point A of the pressing projection 23 that contacts the valve opening shaft terminal 156 is set at the lower end of the point fire extinguishing operation button 2, the rotation of the button body as in the conventional point extinguishing operation button 9 described above. It is possible to move the valve-opening shaft terminal 156 with a small rotation distance compared to the case where the pressing portion is provided close to the shaft center. That is, there is little movement in the front-rear direction during the ignition operation and the fire extinguishing operation. Therefore, it is difficult to contact the peripheral members and hardly cause deformation or damage.

  Further, in this case, the ignition display unit 24 is provided above the operation element 21 and is hidden in the stove body 10 in the off state where the ignition operation is not performed, and only when the ignition operation is performed, Since it is configured to be exposed to the outside of the outside, it is possible to intuitively visually recognize the operation state of ignition and fire extinguishment regardless of the viewing angle and light reflection. Therefore, it is easy to use.

  In addition, since the ignition display unit 24 is provided above the operation element 21 in the button body 20 and at a position hidden in the stove body 10 in the off state, the display 240 is obstructed by the finger operated. The operation state is less likely to be visually recognized. Therefore, usability is even better.

  The display 240 may be painted in a color indicating that it is in the on state instead of the seal, or a plate formed in a different color from the button body 20 may be attached. Moreover, you may incorporate light sources, such as LED.

  The present invention can also be applied to a gas stove in which only a single stove burner 12 </ b> A is disposed on the main body upper surface portion 101, and can also be applied to a gas stove that does not have the grill cabinet 100.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gas stove 10 Stove body 102 Main body front surface part 12 Burner 15 Valve unit (gas supply valve apparatus)
156 Valve-opening shaft terminal 2 Point-extinguishing operation button 20 Button body 21 Operating element 210 Front end 22 of operating element Support shaft 23 Pressing protrusion (pressing part)
24 ignition display

Claims (3)

A point-extinguishing operation button provided on the front surface of the gas stove main body, comprising an operator projecting from the button main body to the front of the stove main body, and a support shaft for supporting the button main body in a vertically rotatable state.
When the ignition operation is not performed, the front end portion of the operation element is disposed above the support shaft, and the button body is rotated downward by the operation of pushing the operation element down from the off-state position. Point fire extinguishing operation button on a gas stove configured to open the gas supply valve device. In the point-extinguishing operation button of the gas stove according to claim 1,
The distance from the rotation axis of the button body to the reference force point of the operating element is set longer than the distance from the rotation axis to the reference action point of the pressing part that moves the valve opening shaft terminal of the gas supply valve device to the open position. Also, the gas fired point fire extinguishing button. In the point-extinguishing operation button of the gas stove according to claim 1 or 2,
An ignition display unit indicating that the burner ignition operation has been performed,
The ignition display unit is provided at an upper position of the operation body in the button body, and is hidden inside the stove body when in the off state, and the operation body is rotated downward from the off state position to be in the on state. The gas stove point-extinguishing operation button is configured to be exposed to the outside of the stove body when it is fired.

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