JP6078349B2 - Kitchen knife - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a knife holder for storing a knife in a state where the knife is inserted obliquely.

  Conventionally, various configurations have been proposed and provided for a kitchen knife provided inside a kitchen drawer. The most basic structure of a kitchen knife is a storage container that has a slit into which the knife blade is inserted and supports the handle in a state where the handle protrudes. In recent years, there has been an increase in knife knives configured to hold knives at an angle, since it is easy for a user standing up and pulling out and improving convenience. In addition, the structure that holds the knife diagonally can lower the overall height of the knife handle and knife insert, and the layout is more flexible when installed inside the drawer. preferable.

  For example, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, the knife insertion direction is inclined with respect to the vertical direction, and the inserted knife maintains the insertion direction (oblique angle). There is a knife insert in which the blade contact portion of the knife is formed inside the main body so as to be held in the state. Further, Patent Document 2 discloses a configuration in which a slit-like insertion port is formed on the top wall surface of a knife-insertion casing, and a sheath-like guide portion is provided below the insertion port inside the housing. According to Patent Document 2, a knife is inserted into a slit-shaped insertion port, and the blade of the knife is guided by a sheath-shaped guide portion.

  A conventional kitchen knife with only a slit is unstable because the kitchen knife is not supported inside the slit, and the knife repeatedly collides with the kitchen knife as the drawer is opened and closed. On the other hand, according to the configurations of Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the knife that is obliquely inserted can be suitably held by the blade contact portion or the guide portion, the knife is inserted vertically (vertically). As the knife comes into contact with or is housed in the blade contact portion or the guide portion while being able to be housed in a space smaller than that of the knife, rattling of the knife in the knife knife is suppressed.

Japanese Patent No. 3838009 Patent 3967987

  Here, the knife is cleaned after use and then stored in the knife holder. At this time, there is no problem as long as the knife is stored in a dry state, but this is not always the case, and it can easily be stored in a wet state. Then, mold | fungi etc. will arise with the water | moisture content and the inside of a kitchen knife may be contaminated. At this time, when the inside of the knife insert of Patent Document 1 is to be cleaned, the entire knife insert must be dismantled, which is very troublesome. In the knife insert of Patent Document 2, the guide portion is sheath-shaped. Therefore, it is difficult to sufficiently clean the inside of the guide part.

  In view of such a problem, the present invention can easily clean the inside of a knife insert for storing a knife with the knife inserted obliquely, and can keep the inside of the knife knife clean. The purpose is to provide a kitchen knife.

In order to solve the above-mentioned object, a typical configuration of a knife knife according to the present invention is a knife knife attached to the inside of a front plate of a drawer, and includes an upper housing having a side surface and an upper surface and no bottom surface, It consists of a bottom member that can be detachably attached to the housing, and a slit is formed on the upper surface of the upper housing to insert the kitchen knife diagonally, and an inclined surface that guides the kitchen knife to be inserted is three-dimensionally formed on the bottom member have been, inclined surface, characterized that you have been inclined loosely formed upward.

  According to the said structure, the kitchen knife inserted diagonally from the slit is guided by the inclined surface integrally formed in the bottom member, and is supported by this inclined surface. Therefore, it becomes easy to insert the knife, and the stability of the inserted knife can be improved. And since the inside of the inclined surface which guides a kitchen knife will also be open | released if a bottom member is removed by removing a bottom member, the inside of a kitchen knife insertion can be cleaned easily. As described above, according to the knife insert of the present invention, high cleanability can be obtained, so that the inside of the knife insert can be kept clean.

Further, the inclined surface is formed so as to be gently inclined upward . Thereby, since the height of a bottom member becomes low, the metal mold | die at the time of the shaping | molding can be reduced in size, and it can aim at reduction of manufacturing cost. In addition, when the inclination is tight, the knife must be greatly inclined when it is inserted into the kitchen knife. However, since the inclination of the knife at that time becomes loose by loosening the inclination, the knife can be easily inserted.

  It is preferable that the bottom surface of the bottom member is formed with a protrusion that constitutes a foot when the knife insert is installed alone. According to such a configuration, when the kitchen knife is installed alone, that is, when it is used by being removed from the front plate of the drawer, the kitchen knife can be stably supported. Therefore, the user can freely use according to his / her preference, and the user's degree of freedom can be improved.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, in the knife insert which accommodates a knife in the state which inserted diagonally, inside cleaning can be performed easily and the kitchen knife insert which can keep the inside of a knife knife clean is provided. be able to.

It is an external appearance perspective view of the knife insertion concerning this embodiment. It is a perspective view which shows the kitchen knife insert concerning this embodiment, and the drawer to which it is attached. It is a disassembled perspective view of a kitchen knife insertion. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is a figure explaining the attachment / detachment method of the bottom member to an upper housing | casing.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The dimensions, materials, and other specific numerical values shown in the embodiments are merely examples for facilitating understanding of the invention, and do not limit the present invention unless otherwise specified. In the present specification and drawings, elements having substantially the same function and configuration are denoted by the same reference numerals, and redundant description is omitted, and elements not directly related to the present invention are not illustrated. To do.

  FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of a knife insert 100 according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the knife insert 100 and the drawer 300 to which it is attached according to the present embodiment. 1 is a kitchen knife attached to the inside of a front plate 302 (see FIG. 2) of a drawer 300 of a kitchen (not shown), and the knife 200 is a surface parallel to the front plate 302. The blade 202 of the kitchen knife 200 is stored in a state of being inclined downward and obliquely. Accordingly, a user (not shown) standing in front of the drawer 300 can easily pull out the kitchen knife 200. Further, since the knife 200 is inserted obliquely, the overall height can be suppressed, and it is suitable for being accommodated in the drawer 300.

  3 is an exploded perspective view of the kitchen knife 100, FIG. 3 (a) is a perspective view of the kitchen knife 100 in an exploded state, as viewed obliquely from above, and FIG. 3 (b) is an exploded perspective view of the kitchen knife 100. It is the perspective view seen from diagonally downward. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 1 shows a state where the knife 200 is inserted only into the slit 118c, but FIG. 4 shows a state where the knife 200 is inserted into the slits 118a and 118c.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the knife holder 100 includes side surfaces 112 a, 112 b, 112 c, 112 d and an upper surface 114, an upper housing 110 having no bottom surface, and a bottom member 150 detachably attached to the upper housing 110. And mainly consists of As shown in FIG. 3B, hooks 304 a and 304 b provided on the front plate 302 are provided on the side surface 112 a arranged in parallel with the front plate 302 of the drawer 300 among the side surfaces 112 a to 112 d of the upper housing 110. Two dharma holes 116a and 116b for attaching the knife insert 100 are provided. Similarly, the same dharma holes 116c and 116d (see FIG. 4) are provided on the side surface 112b arranged in parallel with the front plate 302 of the drawer 300.

  As will be described later, the Dalma holes 116a to 116d use only those provided on one of the side surfaces 112a and 112b. For this reason, it is good to fit a cap (not shown) in the dharma hole (the dharma holes 116a and 116b in the present embodiment) on the side not used. Thereby, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the dharma hole on the unused side.

  As shown in FIG. 3A, slits 118 a, 118 b, 118 c, and 118 d for inserting the knife 200 obliquely are formed on the upper surface 114 of the upper housing 110. Further, on the upper surface 114 of the knife holder 100, contact surfaces 120a and 120b are formed which contact the knife handle 204 and support the knife 200 in an oblique posture. As a result, when the blade 202 of the kitchen knife 200 is inserted into the slits 118a to 118d, the handle 204 of the kitchen knife 200 is in contact with and supported by the contact surfaces 120a and 120b as shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, a total of four slits 118a to 118d are provided in two rows and two columns on the upper surface 114, but the present invention is not limited to this. Needless to say, the number of slits can be changed as appropriate, and the number of contact surfaces is changed according to the number of slits.

  The bottom member 150 is fitted to the lower side of the upper casing 110 and serves as the bottom surface of the knife insert 100 (upper casing 110). As shown in FIG. 3A, the bottom member 150 is formed with three-dimensional inclined surfaces 160 a and 160 b that guide the knife 200 inserted into the slits 118 a to 118 d of the upper housing 110. Thereby, the kitchen knife 200 (strictly speaking, the blade 202 of the kitchen knife 200) inserted into the slits 118a to 118d is guided by the inclined surfaces 160a and 160b and supported by the inclined surfaces 160a and 160b as shown in FIG. . Therefore, the kitchen knife 200 can be easily inserted, and the stability of the inserted kitchen knife 200 can be improved.

  Particularly in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3A, the inclined surfaces 160a and 160b are formed so that the inclination becomes gentler toward the upper side. Thereby, since the height of the bottom member 150 is lowered, the mold used for molding the bottom member 150 can be reduced in size, and the costs associated with the mold and thus the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Further, by loosening the inclination, the inclination of the kitchen knife 200 when it is inserted into the kitchen knife 100 also becomes loose, that is, the kitchen knife 200 can be inserted without being greatly inclined, so that the kitchen knife 200 can be inserted more easily. .

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3B, the protrusion 156 is formed on the lower surface 154 of the bottom member 150. Since this protrusion 156 constitutes a foot when the kitchen knife 100 is installed alone, the kitchen knife 100 can be stably supported and can be used alone, that is, removed from the front plate 302. it can. Therefore, the user can use freely according to his / her preference, and the degree of freedom of the user can be improved.

  As described above, the bottom member 150 is detachably attached to the upper housing 110. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3B, convex portions 162 (not shown on the side surface 152 c side) provided on the outside of the side surfaces 152 a and 152 c of the bottom member 150 are replaced with the side surfaces 112 a and The bottom member 150 is attached to the upper housing 110 by fitting into the fitting hole 122 provided in 112b.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a method for attaching / detaching the bottom member 150 to / from the upper housing 110. As shown in FIG. 5, when the bottom member 150 is attached to the upper housing 110, the lower edges of the side surfaces 112a and 112b (not shown) of the upper housing 110 are widened while the bottom member 150 is pressed. The convex portion 162 is fitted into the fitting hole 122 while being bent. On the other hand, when removing the bottom member 150 from the upper housing 110, the bottom member 150 is bent so that the lower edges of the side surfaces 112a and 112b of the upper housing 110 are widened while the knob 164 provided at the end of the bottom member 150 is pulled. However, the convex part 162 is removed from the fitting hole 122. As described above, the knife holder 100 according to the present embodiment can easily remove the bottom member 150 from the upper housing 110, so that the inside of the knife holder 100 can be easily cleaned. Therefore, high cleanability can be obtained, and the inside of the kitchen knife can be kept clean.

  When the bottom member 150 is attached to the upper housing 110 as described above, the knife insert 100 is in the state shown in FIG. And the knife insert 100 is attached to the inner side of the front board 302 (refer FIG. 2) in the state shown in FIG. When attaching the knife holder 100 to the front plate 302, the hooks 304a and 304b provided on the front plate 302 are fitted into the dharma holes 116a to 116d provided on the side surfaces 112a and 112b. FIG. 2 illustrates a case where the hooks 304a and 304b are fitted into the dharma holes 116c and 116d (see FIG. 4) provided on the side surface 112b. Thereby, since the handle 204 of the kitchen knife 200 inserted into the slits 118a to 118d faces rightward, the user can easily pull out the kitchen knife 200 with the right hand.

  On the other hand, although not shown, if the hook is fitted into the Dalma holes 116a and 116b provided on the side surface 112a, the handle 204 of the kitchen knife 200 faces to the left side, so that the user can easily pull out the kitchen knife 200 with the left hand. In this way, the knife holder 100 can be attached to and detached from the front plate 302 and can be attached in the opposite direction, so that the right hand and the left hand can be switched according to the user's preference. Moreover, since the storage space of the drawer 300 can be expanded if the knife insert 100 is removed, the degree of freedom of the user can be improved.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, lock members 170 a and 170 b are provided below the slanted handle 204 on the upper surface 114 of the knife holder 100. The lock members 170a and 170b are slidable in the vertical direction in slits 172a and 172b formed on the upper surface 114 of the upper casing 110, respectively. As a result, the lock members 170a and 170b can move between a position corresponding to the jaw of the blade 202 and a position disengaged from the blade 202, so that the blade 202 of the knife 200 is inserted downward and obliquely. Pulling down the jaw of the knife can be prevented. For this reason, inadvertent pulling can be reliably prevented, and misuse of children can be prevented. Note that although there are some that cannot be locked with the above configuration, such as a knife without a jaw on the blade or a small petty knife, a typical household knife can reliably prevent pulling out.

  As mentioned above, although preferred embodiment of this invention was described referring an accompanying drawing, it cannot be overemphasized that this invention is not limited to the example which concerns. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope of the claims, and these are naturally within the technical scope of the present invention. Understood.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used as a kitchen knife for storing a kitchen knife in an obliquely inserted state.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Knife insertion, 110 ... Upper housing | casing, 112a-112d ... Side surface, 114 ... Upper surface, 116a-116d ... Dharma hole, 118a-118d ... Slit, 120a * 120b ... Contact surface, 122 ... Fitting hole, 150 ... Bottom member, 152a, 152c ... side, 154 ... lower surface, 156 ... projection, 160a, 160b ... inclined surface, 162 ... convex, 164 ... knob, 170a / 170b ... lock member, 172a / 172b ... slit, 200 ... knife, 202 ... Blade, 204 ... Handle, 300 ... Drawer, 302 ... Front plate, 304a / 304b ... Hook

Claims (2)

A knife knife attached to the inside of the front plate of the drawer,
An upper housing with side and top surfaces and no bottom surface;
A bottom member detachably attached to the upper housing,
On the upper surface of the upper housing is formed a slit for inserting a kitchen knife diagonally,
The bottom member is three-dimensionally formed with an inclined surface for guiding a knife to be inserted ,
The inclined surface, knife insertion characterized that you have inclined upward is formed loosely. 2. The knife insert according to claim 1 , wherein a protrusion constituting a foot when the knife insert is installed alone is formed on the bottom surface of the bottom member.

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