JP6167448B2 - Kitchen equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a kitchen apparatus provided with a lighting device.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a kitchen unit. This kitchen unit is a face-to-face type, and has a counter part formed one step higher on the rear side of the upper surface serving as a work area. An overhang portion protruding forward is formed at the upper end edge of the counter portion. Moreover, the illuminating device which illuminates a work area is provided in the lower surface of the overhang part.

Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2005-40370 (FIG. 4)

  In patent document 1, the light irradiated diagonally forward and upward from the lighting device may enter the eyes of the user standing on the front side of the kitchen unit, and the user may feel dazzling.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, Comprising: It makes it a subject to provide the kitchen apparatus which can illuminate the upper surface of a work bench brightly and a user is hard to become dazzling.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the kitchen apparatus of the present invention includes a work table and an illumination device, and the work table protrudes forward from a standing wall portion rising from a rear end portion of the upper surface and an upper end portion of the standing wall portion. The lighting device is provided at a corner formed by the front surface of the standing wall portion and the lower surface of the overhanging portion, the lighting device includes a light emitter for illuminating the upper surface of the work table; A light-shielding portion that blocks light emitted obliquely upward from the light emitter is provided , and a wiring is passed through a portion surrounded by the light emitter, the front surface of the standing wall portion, and the lower surface of the overhang portion. A space is provided .

  The lighting device includes an installation table on which the light emitter is installed, and the installation table is attached to the corner portion, and a protruding portion that protrudes forward is formed as an upper portion of the installation table as the light shielding unit. It is preferable.

  Moreover, it is preferable that the irradiation area | region of the light emitted from the said light-emitting body is set to the range from the front-end part to a rear-end part in the upper surface of the said work bench, or the range from a front-end part to the front surface of the said standing wall part.

  In the present invention, the upper surface of the work table can be brightly illuminated by the light emitted from the light emitter. Moreover, the light emitted diagonally forward from the light emitter can be blocked by the light shielding portion. For this reason, it becomes difficult for the user standing on the front side of the work table to feel dazzling.

It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of the standing wall part upper part in the kitchen apparatus of embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view of a kitchen apparatus same as the above. The lighting device from which the front cover is removed is shown, (a) is a front view, (b) is a plan view, and (c) is a side view. It is AA sectional drawing of FIG. It is the B section enlarged view of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the irradiation range of a light-emitting body same as the above. It is a perspective view of the kitchen apparatus in other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The kitchen apparatus 1 of this embodiment shown in FIG. 2 is used as a face-to-face system kitchen. The kitchen device 1 includes a work table 2 and a lighting device 3. In addition, below, the side where the user who performs cooking work seeing from the work bench | platform 2 is demonstrated as a front side.

  The work table 2 installed in the kitchen includes a main table 4 and a sub-table 5 serving as a standing wall that rises from the rear end of the upper surface of the main table 4. The main base 4 is composed of a cabinet, and is formed in a box shape that is long on the left and right. The countertop 6 constituting the upper surface of the main base 4 is provided with a heating cooker 7 on one side in the left-right direction and a sink 8 on the other side. Between the heating cooker 7 and the sink 8 in the countertop 6 is a working unit 9 for performing work such as cooking.

  The sub table 5 is composed of a wall-like upright portion 10 protruding upward from the rear end portion of the countertop 6 and a top plate 11 attached on the upright portion 10. The upright portion 10 and the top plate 11 are formed in the left-right direction of the main base portion 4. The work table 2 is provided with a faucet 34 for supplying water to the sink 8. In the illustrated example, a faucet 34 is provided on the main platform 4 behind the sink 8.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a notch 12 that opens forward is formed at the upper end of the raised portion 10. The left and right length of the notch 12 is substantially the same as the left and right length of the lighting device 3, and extends over the entire length of the sub table 5 in the left and right direction. In addition, the length of the illuminating device 3 is not limited to this, For example, you may provide over the range from the part corresponding to the sink 8 to the part corresponding to the operation | work part 9. FIG.

  The upright portion 10 is composed of a plate-like member 13 and a surface plate 14. The plate-like member 13 is composed of a plurality of wood boards 16-18. The surface plate 14 is fixed to the front surface of the plate-like member 13. The notch 12 is formed by projecting the wooden boards 17 and 18 excluding the wooden board 16 positioned at the front end of the plate-like member 13 above the surface board 14 and the wooden board 16. The upper end portion of the wood board 16 protrudes upward from the surface board 14.

  The top plate 11 is disposed horizontally and constitutes the upper surface of the sub table 5. The front end portion of the top plate 11 is a protruding portion 19 that protrudes forward from the upper end portion of the upright portion 10.

  The lighting device 3 is provided at a corner 20 formed by the front surface of the upright portion 10 and the lower surface of the overhang portion 19. A locking tool 21 for locking the upper part of the lighting device 3 to the sub table 5 is attached to the corner 20. The left and right lengths of the locking tools 21 may be substantially the same as the left and right lengths of the lighting device 3, or a plurality of the locking tools 21 may be provided at intervals in the left and right direction.

  The locking tool 21 includes a vertical piece portion 22 and a horizontal piece portion 23 that protrudes forward from the upper end portion of the vertical piece portion 22. The horizontal piece portion 23 is bent so that the front portion is one step lower than the rear portion. The locking tool 21 is attached to the sub table part 5 using a fixing tool composed of screws 24. When attaching the locking tool 21 to the sub table part 5, the vertical piece part 22 is placed along the front surface of the plate-like member 13 (wood board 17) facing the notch part 12, and the horizontal piece part 23 is the lower surface of the overhang part 19. Along. In this state, the vertical piece portion 22 is fixed to the upper end portion of the upright portion 10 using a plurality of screws 24, and the rear portion of the horizontal piece portion 23 is used to project the protruding portion 19 of the top plate 11 using a plurality of screws 24. It is fixed to.

  3 and 4 show the illumination device 3 attached to the sub table 5. FIG. 3 shows a front view, a plan view, and a side view with the front face of an inclined piece portion 37 described later as the front.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the illumination device 3 according to the present embodiment is provided in a range from a portion corresponding to the sink 8 of the work table 2 to a portion corresponding to the work portion 9 in the sub-table portion 5. In addition, the range in which the illuminating device 3 is provided is not restricted to this, For example, the illuminating device 3 may be provided over the full length of the sub stand part 5 in the left-right direction.

  The illuminating device 3 includes an installation base 25 shown in FIG. 3, a light emitter 26 shown in FIG. 4, and a light source 27 shown in FIG. The installation base 25 constitutes an outer shell of the lighting device 3. The installation table 25 includes an installation table main body 28 and a rear cover 29 shown in FIG. 1, and left and right side caps 46 shown in FIG.

  The installation base main body 28 and the rear cover 29 are made of a long aluminum extrusion material on the left and right. As shown in FIG. 1, the installation base main body 28 includes a front surface portion 30, an upper protrusion piece 31, a lower protrusion piece 32, and a locked piece portion 33.

  The front surface portion 30 includes an upper vertical piece portion 35, a lower vertical piece portion 36, and an inclined piece portion 37. The upper vertical piece 35 constitutes the upper part of the front face 30. The lower vertical piece 36 constitutes the lower part of the front face 30. The inclined piece portion 37 constitutes an intermediate portion in the vertical direction of the front surface portion 30.

  The upper vertical piece portion 35 and the lower vertical piece portion 36 are substantially parallel and are arranged substantially vertically. The upper vertical piece portion 35 is located in front of the lower vertical piece portion 36. A lower end portion of the upper vertical piece portion 35 and an upper end portion of the lower vertical piece portion 36 are connected by an inclined piece portion 37. The inclined piece portion 37 is inclined so as to be positioned upward as it extends forward.

  The upper protrusion 31 protrudes from the upper part of the upper vertical piece 35 toward the rear side. The lower protrusion 32 protrudes from the upper end of the lower vertical piece 36 toward the rear side. A space 38 surrounded by the upper protrusion piece 31, the upper vertical piece portion 35, the inclined piece portion 37, and the lower protrusion piece 32 is formed inside the installation table main body 28. The rear side of the space 38 is opened obliquely upward and rearward from between the upper protruding piece 31 and the lower protruding piece 32. As shown in FIG. 3A, the inclined piece portion 37 is formed with a plurality of rectangular insertion holes 39 that are long on the left and right side by side. A translucent member 40 having a plate shape and translucency is fitted into each fitting hole 39 and attached thereto. Each insertion hole 39 is closed by the translucent member 40.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a front cover 41 having translucency is attached to the front side of the inclined piece portion 37. The front cover 41 extends over substantially the entire length of the installation base body 28 in the left-right direction. The front cover 41 is disposed along the front surface of the inclined piece portion 37, and is inclined so as to be positioned higher toward the front side. The front cover 41 covers the front surface of each translucent member 40. The mounting structure of the front cover 41 will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the light emitters 26 are respectively provided at positions corresponding to the respective translucent members 40. Each light emitter 26 is attached to an installation base body 28. Each light-emitting body 26 is a rod-shaped light guide member that is long on the left and right, and has translucency. Each light emitting body 26 has both end surfaces in the longitudinal direction as incident surfaces 43 (see FIG. 5), a rear surface as a reflecting surface 44 (see FIG. 1), and a front surface facing the reflecting surface 44 as an emitting surface 45. (See FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 1, each light emitter 26 is disposed in a space 38 in the installation base body 28, and is located obliquely above the corresponding translucent member 40. The emission surface 45 of each light emitting body 26 faces the corresponding translucent member 40. Each light emitting body 26 is arranged such that the emission surface 45 faces obliquely downward in the front.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the light sources 27 are respectively provided at positions corresponding to the incident surfaces 43 at both ends of each light emitter 26. Each light source 27 is mounted on a substrate 42 provided at a position corresponding to the incident surfaces 43 at both ends of each light emitter 26.

  Each substrate 42 is attached to the installation table main body 28. Each board | substrate 42 and each light source 27 are located in the space 38 (refer FIG. 1) in the installation base main body 28. FIG. The light source 27 is composed of an LED (Light Emitting Diode). Each light source 27 irradiates light toward the incident surface 43 of the corresponding light emitter 26 in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the light emitter 26. The light emitted from each light source 27 enters the corresponding light emitter 26 from the incident surface 43.

  The reflecting surface 44 (see FIG. 1) of each light emitter 26 is provided by printing, uneven processing, coating, plating, or the like on the rear surface of the light emitter 26, for example. The reflection surface 44 has a function of diffusing and reflecting the light incident from the incident surface 43 toward the emission surface 45 side. As shown in FIG. 1, the emission surface 45 of each light emitter 26 is formed in a protruding lens shape that protrudes obliquely downward toward the front. In addition, although the output surface 45 of this embodiment is formed in the shape of a protruding lens that protrudes obliquely downward in the front direction, it may be a flat surface. Although not shown, a reflective sheet is disposed on the rear side of each light emitter 26, and the light emitted from each light emitter 26 to the rear side by this reflective sheet is reflected toward the corresponding translucent member 40 side. It is supposed to be.

  When each light source 27 emits light, the light emitted from each light source 27 enters the light emitter 26 from the corresponding incident surface 43. These lights travel toward the other incident surface 43 side while being reflected in the light emitter 26, etc., are reflected by the reflection surface 44 in this process, and travel toward the emission surface 45 side. Then, this light is emitted from the emission surface 45 toward the front obliquely lower side, and is emitted to the front obliquely lower side of the illumination device 3 through the transparent translucent member 40 and the transparent front cover 41 in order. In this embodiment, light is introduced into the light emitter 26 from both sides in the longitudinal direction. However, light may be introduced only from one side of the light emitter 26 in the longitudinal direction.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the rear cover 29 is attached to the installation base body 28. The rear cover 29 is located between the upper projecting piece 31 and the lower projecting piece 32 of the installation base main body 28. The rear cover 29 is disposed substantially in parallel with the inclined piece portion 37 and is inclined so as to be positioned higher on the front side. The rear cover 29 has a light shielding property and closes the rear opening of the space 38. The openings at the left and right ends of the space 38 are covered with side caps 46 (see FIG. 3) attached to the left and right ends of the installation base body 28, respectively.

  The locked piece portion 33 of the installation base main body 28 projects rearward from the upper end of the front surface portion 30. A packing 57 is attached to the upper surface of the locked piece portion 33. When attaching the illuminating device 3 to the sub table portion 5, the locked piece portion 33 is inserted from the front between the front portion of the lateral piece portion 23 of the locking tool 21 and the overhang portion 19 of the sub table portion 5, The locked piece portion 33 is locked to the front portion of the horizontal piece portion 23. Thereby, the movement to the front of the installation base main body 28 is controlled. In addition, the lower vertical piece 36 of the installation base body 28 is placed along the front surface of the upper end of the wooden board 16, and the lower vertical piece 36 of the front 30 is attached to the upper end of the wooden board 16 using screws 51. .

  The packing 57 is compressed in the vertical direction by the locked piece portion 33 and the overhanging portion 19 of the top plate 11. By this packing 57, the space between the lower surface of the overhanging portion 19 and the upper surface of the locked piece portion 33 is sealed.

  The rear part of the illumination device 3 is disposed in the notch 12. The lighting device 3 covers the front side of the locking tool 21. The front surface of the upper vertical piece 35 of the lighting device 3 is substantially flush with the front end surface of the top plate 11. Spaces 48 are provided at locations surrounded by the light emitters 26, the front surface of the upright portion 10, and the lower surface of the overhanging portion 19 of the top plate 11. The space 48 is a region surrounded by the front surface of the upright portion 10 facing the notch 12, the lower surface of the overhang portion 19, and the rear cover 29 of the lighting device 3, and has a substantially right triangle shape in side view. Although illustration is omitted, wiring such as an electric wire drawn backward from the lighting device 3 is passed through the space 48. A screw cover 52 that covers the screw 51 is attached to the lower vertical piece 36 of the front surface 30.

  By causing each light emitter 26 of the illumination device 3 to emit light as described above, the upper surface of the work table 2 can be illuminated by the light emitted from each light emitter 26. Here, when light is emitted obliquely upward and forward from the lighting device 3, a user standing on the front side of the work table 2 may feel dazzling. In order to improve this point, the illuminating device 3 according to the present embodiment includes a light shielding portion 49 that blocks light emitted from the light emitter 26 toward the front obliquely upward.

  The light shielding portion 49 is configured at the upper portion of the front surface portion 30 of the installation base main body 28. Specifically, the light shielding portion 49 includes an upper vertical piece portion 35 and an upper portion 50 that is a portion above each fitting hole 39 of the inclined piece portion 37. That is, the light-shielding portion 49 constitutes a protruding portion 47 that protrudes forward from the upper portion of the installation table 25, and is located obliquely above the light emitter 26 in the installation table 25.

  The upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37 is curved so as to be located downward from the front end portion connected to the upper vertical piece portion 35. The upper edge portion of each fitting hole 39 in the inclined piece portion 37 is located in front of the upper end portion of the emission surface 45 of each light emitter 26.

  A protruding portion 54 that protrudes downward is formed at the front end portion of the upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37. The protrusion 54 is formed over the entire length of the front surface portion 30 in the left-right direction. The front surface of the protrusion 54 is flush with the front surface of the upper vertical piece 35 and is substantially vertical. The lower surface of the protrusion 54 is inclined so as to be positioned higher toward the rear side. The lower end portion (front end portion) of the protrusion 54 is located in front of the upper end portion of the emission surface 45 of each light emitter 26. The lower end portion of the protrusion 54 protrudes further downward than the lower end of the upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37.

  By providing such a light shielding portion 49, light emitted from each light emitter 26 toward the front obliquely upper side can be shielded by the upper vertical piece portion 35 including the upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37 and the protrusion 54. it can.

  The lower edge portion of each fitting hole 39 in the inclined piece portion 37 is located below the lower end portion of the emission surface 45 of each light emitter 26. For this reason, the light emitted from each light emitter 26 is emitted to the outside only from between the lower edge portion of each fitting hole 39 in the inclined piece portion 37 and the light shielding portion 49. That is, the irradiation range of the light emitted from the light emitter 26 is limited by the lower edge portion of each insertion hole 39 of the light shielding portion 49 and the inclined piece portion 37.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the irradiation area of the light emitted from each light emitter 26 is set so as to be in the range from the front end portion to the rear end portion on the upper surface of the work table 2. . In other words, the light emitted from each light emitter 26 is emitted only obliquely downward in front of the illumination device 3. Therefore, the illuminating device 3 can illuminate substantially the entire area of the sink 8 and the working unit 9 with the light emitted from each light emitter 26. Note that the irradiation area of the light emitted from each light emitter 26 may be set in a range from the front end portion on the upper surface of the work table 2 to the front surface of the sub table portion 5.

  The protrusion 54 shown in FIG. 1 also functions as a draining portion. That is, the water that has flowed along the front surface of the upper vertical piece portion 35 to the front surface of the protrusion 54 falls downward from the lower end of the protrusion portion 54, and thus flows along the front surface of the upper vertical piece portion 35. Water becomes difficult to flow to the inclined piece 37 side. Therefore, it is difficult for water to enter the lighting device 3 from between the peripheral edge of each fitting hole 39 of the inclined piece portion 37 and the translucent member 40 fitted into these fitting holes 39. For this reason, even when water is applied to the front surface of the upper vertical piece portion 35, the device built in the lighting device 3 gets wet with water and is unlikely to break down.

  Next, the mounting structure of the front cover 41 will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, an upper locked portion 58 protrudes from the upper end surface of the front cover 41. An upper elastic contact portion 60 projects from the rear end portion of the upper end surface of the front cover 41. The upper elastic contact portion 60 is formed in a fin shape thinner than the upper locked portion 58, has flexibility, and is elastically deformable. A lower latching portion 59 projects from the lower end surface of the front cover 41. A lower elastic contact portion 61 that protrudes upward is formed at the rear lower end portion of the front cover 41. The lower elastic contact portion 61 is formed in a fin shape that is thinner than the lower engaged portion 59 and is elastically deformable.

  On the other hand, at the rear end portion of the projection 54 which is a part of the light shielding portion 49 of the installation base main body 28, an upper locking portion 55 that projects rearward and obliquely downward extends over the entire length of the front surface portion 30 in the left-right direction. Is formed. At the lower end portion of the inclined piece portion 37, a lower locking portion 56 that protrudes obliquely downward toward the front is formed over the entire length of the front surface portion 30 in the left-right direction. At the front end portion of the lower locking portion 56, a claw portion 53 that protrudes obliquely upward in the front direction is formed. Between the upper locking part 55 and the lower locking part 56, an opening 15 that opens obliquely downward in the front direction is formed.

  The front cover 41 is disposed in the opening 15 and closes the opening 15. When the front cover 41 is attached to the installation base body 28, the upper locked portion 58 is locked to the rear surface of the upper locking portion 55, and the upper elastic contact portion 60 is elastically contacted to the front surface of the upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37. The And the lower latching | locking part 59 is latched by the rear surface of the lower side latching | locking part 56, and the lower elastic contact part 61 is the front surface of the lower part 62 which is a part below each fitting hole 39 of the inclination piece part 37. Hit by

  As described above, the front cover 41 attached to the installation base main body 28 has the upper elastic contact portion 60 elastically contacted with the front surface of the upper portion 50 of the inclined piece portion 37 and the lower elastic contact portion 61 of the inclined piece portion 37 as described above. Elastic contact with the front surface of the lower part 62. For this reason, it becomes difficult for water to flow from the space between the front cover 41 and the front surface portion 30 of the installation base body 28 to the translucent member 40 side. Therefore, the equipment built in the lighting device 3 is less likely to fail.

  The kitchen device 1 described above includes a work table 2 and a lighting device 3. The work table 2 includes a sub stand portion 5 that rises from the rear end portion of the upper surface (standing wall portion), and an overhang portion 19 that protrudes forward from the upper end portion of the sub stand portion 5. The illuminating device 3 is provided at a corner portion 20 formed by the front surface of the sub table portion 5 (the front surface of the upright portion 10) and the lower surface of the overhang portion 19. And the illuminating device 3 is provided with the light-emitting body 26 for illuminating the upper surface of the worktable 2, and the light-shielding part 49 which interrupts | blocks the light emitted toward the front diagonally upward from the light-emitting body 26. As shown in FIG. With this configuration, the upper surface of the work table 2 can be brightly illuminated by the light emitted from the light emitter 26. Further, the light emitted from the light emitting body 26 obliquely upward in the front direction can be blocked by the light blocking portion 49, so that the user standing on the front side of the work table 2 is less likely to feel dazzling.

  Moreover, the illuminating device 3 of this embodiment is provided with the installation base 25 to which the light-emitting body 26 is attached. The installation base 25 is attached to the corner 20. And as the light-shielding part 49, the protrusion part 47 which protrudes ahead is formed in the upper part of the installation stand 25. As shown in FIG. For this reason, it becomes difficult to emit light obliquely upward and forward from the lighting device 3 using the installation table 25.

  In the present embodiment, a space 48 through which wiring is passed is provided at a location surrounded by the light emitter 26, the front surface of the sub table portion 5, and the lower surface of the overhang portion 19. For this reason, wiring, such as an electric wire which supplies electric power to the illuminating device 3, can be passed through the space 48.

  In the present embodiment, the irradiation area of the light emitted from the light emitter 26 is set in a range from the front end portion to the rear end portion on the upper surface of the work table 2. For this reason, the upper surface of the work table 2 can be brightly illuminated over a wide range.

  Note that the standing wall portion to which the lighting device 3 is attached may not be the sub table portion 5 having the top plate 11 having a depth on which an object can be placed, for example, the panel portion 100 having a small depth as shown in FIG. May be. In the example of FIG. 7, the panel unit 100 includes an illumination support unit 101 that supports the illumination device 3 and a panel 102. The illumination support unit 101 may include, for example, the locking tool 21 and the screw 24 illustrated in FIG. 1, and the illumination device 3 may be attached to the panel 102 via the screw 24. Or the illumination support part 101 may be comprised only from the bis | screw 51 for attaching the lighting fixture 3 directly to a panel. Moreover, it is preferable that the panel 102 has a rigidity that does not bend when the lighting device 3 is attached. According to this configuration, the depth of the kitchen apparatus 1 can be reduced while securing the space for the work table 2.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, although the light-emitting body 26 was comprised with the light guide member, you may comprise the light-emitting body 26 with light sources, such as a fluorescent lamp. Further, the light shielding portion 49 is not limited to being integrally formed with the installation base 25 as in the present embodiment, and may be a separate body from the installation base 25. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be arbitrarily changed and selected as necessary within a range not departing from the gist of the present invention. is there.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Kitchen apparatus 2 Worktable 3 Illumination apparatus 5 Sub-table part (standing wall part)
19 Overhanging portion 20 Corner portion 26 Light emitter 49 Shading portion

Claims (3)

A work table and a lighting device, wherein the work table includes a standing wall portion that rises from a rear end portion of an upper surface, and a projecting portion that projects forward from an upper end portion of the standing wall portion, and the lighting device includes the standing wall portion The illumination device is provided with a light emitter for illuminating the upper surface of the work table, and light emitted from the light emitter toward the front obliquely upward. The kitchen apparatus is characterized in that a space for passing wiring is provided in a portion surrounded by the light emitter, the front surface of the standing wall portion, and the lower surface of the overhang portion .   The lighting device includes an installation base on which the light emitter is installed, and the installation base is attached to the corner, and a projecting portion protruding forward is formed as an upper portion of the installation base as the light shielding portion. The kitchen apparatus according to claim 1, wherein The irradiation area of the light emitted from the light emitter is set in a range from a front end portion to a rear end portion or a range from the front end portion to the front surface of the standing wall portion on the upper surface of the work table. The kitchen apparatus of Claim 1 or Claim 2.

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