JPH0542759Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a hatch unit provided with a folding door and arranged as an element of a system kitchen.

[Conventional technology]

System kitchens with layouts that make effective use of space in the kitchen and enable efficient kitchen work have recently come into wide use.

This system kitchen consists of a floor cabinet laid out on the floor of the kitchen, and a wall cabinet, hanging cabinets, etc. suspended from the wall or ceiling above it. Conventionally, kitchen equipment based on such a system has generally been laid out independently within the kitchen.

On the other hand, in order to accommodate the unique floor plans of single-family homes and apartment complexes, layouts that do not simply separate the kitchen but coexist with the dining space have become widespread in recent years. It became like that.

As an example of this layout, there is a layout in which a service counter or the like is placed between the kitchen side and the dining room side, so that food can be handed over in a hatch-style manner. This hatched layout is very convenient as it connects kitchen work in the kitchen with meals in the dining room. In addition, the service counter functions as a partition that separates the kitchen side and the dining room side, and if the posture of the service counter in the kitchen is appropriate, it will be difficult to distribute food between the kitchen side and the dining room side. It can give you a suitable space to work.

[Problem that the invention attempts to solve]

In this way, in recent years, the space between the kitchen side and the dining room side has been expanded in functionality by laying out cabinets and similar equipment.

However, the devices that achieve this purpose are limited to service counters and the like that are installed as hatch-type devices. In other words, because the main focus is on the coordination of work between the kitchen side and the dining room side, the basis of development is currently placed on cabinets with hatch functions. For this reason, due to preconceptions that assume the hatch function,
The layout within the kitchen also lacks variety, resulting in a considerable impact on the effective use of the kitchen space.

One of the causes of these problems is that the functions of cabinets have been narrowed down to hatches, and it can be said that we are at a stage where new forms of cabinets are being required based on their original purpose of storing items. .

Therefore, the purpose of this invention is to improve the usability of the hatch unit, which is laid out between the kitchen side and the dining room side, by not only providing the hatch function, but also by further expanding the linkage between the kitchen side and the dining room side. do.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a hatch unit which is placed at the end of a kitchen cabinet placed along a wall in a position perpendicular to the wall to partition the kitchen and the dining room, forming a storage section that is continuous with the kitchen cabinet and is open so that the kitchen side and the dining room side are continuous, and has a service counter for storing a rice cooker at the bottom;
A folding door that closes the storage section 19 is provided on the dining room side surface of the storage section so as to be openable and closable, and the folding door has a plurality of doors connected to each other so as to be foldable, and one of the doors is connected to the storage section. A hanging rail that is pivotally attached to the wall side and slidably supports the upper end of the door is attached to the top plate of the storage section, and a guide rail that guides the lower end of the door is attached to the lower surface of the service counter. Provided, furthermore,
The present invention is characterized in that the side end portion of the door is arranged so as to come into contact with the top plate, the service counter, and the end surface of the side plate of the service counter when the door is closed.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the features of the present invention will be specifically explained with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hatch unit according to an embodiment of the present invention laid out in a kitchen, and FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of the layout.

As shown in Figure 2, wall surfaces A-1 and A in the kitchen
A floor cabinet 1 having an L-shaped layout is disposed along the line 2, and a wall cabinet 2 similarly arranged in an L-shape above it. Furthermore, a storage cabinet 3 is installed at the end of the floor cabinet 1 and the wall cabinet 2 so as to separate the kitchen K side and the dining room D side.
is arranged as part of the hatch unit 4. A table T is laid out on the dining room D side of the hatch unit 4.

The floor cabinet 1 has the same structure as the conventional one, and includes a sink 1b built into a counter 1a and a range 1c. The sink 1b is arranged along the wall A-1 side facing the hatch unit 4, while the range 1c is arranged close to the hatch unit 4 on the wall A-2 side. Also, wall surface A
An electric refrigerator R is arranged at the end of the floor cabinet 1 along the line 1, and a shutter door type storage shelf 1b is provided at the side thereof between the refrigerator R and the sink 1b.

As shown in FIG. 1, the hatch unit 4 includes a storage cabinet 3 and is composed of a counter unit 5 and a hanging cabinet 6.

A service counter 5a is arranged at the upper end of the counter unit 5, and the space between it and the hanging cabinet 6 is used as a service hatch 5b. This hanging cabinet is connected to the storage cabinet 3 by screws or the like, and is also connected and supported by an end cabinet 5c which functions as a support.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the storage cabinet 3 seen in the direction of the - line arrow in FIG.
1 and an upper storage section 2. Among these, the lower storage section 10 and the upper storage section 2
The dining room D side is open and double-sided doors 10a and 12a are provided in front of it.

On the other hand, the middle storage section 11 is open so as to be continuous with the eye-level space above the counter 1a of the floor cabinet 1, and is connected to the dining room D.
Two foldable doors 13a and 13b are provided on the side so that they can be opened and closed. In addition, this middle storage section 11
is partitioned on its upper side by a top plate 11a, and is provided with a service counter 11b that also serves as a bottom plate structure between it and the lower storage section 10. This service counter 11b is located at a slightly higher level than the counter 1a of the floor cabinet 1, so that the work surface on the floor cabinet 1 side can be expanded and used.

Figures 4 to 6 show folding doors 13a, 1.
3b shows the mounting structure.

One door 13a (the side closer to wall surface A-2 in FIG. 2) is pivotally connected to be openable and closable by a hinge 14 provided at its edge, as shown in FIG. 6. There is a hinge 1 between the door 13b and the other door 13b.
5, and these doors 13a and 13b are foldably connected to each other.

Further, a hanging rail 16 is attached to the lower surface of the top plate 11a of the middle storage section 11 so as to run in the frontage direction, and a guide rail 1 is similarly arranged on the lower surface of the service counter 11b in the frontage direction. This guide rail 17 is attached while being housed in a recess 10b provided in the lower storage section 10. Further, an upper roller 18 and a lower roller 19 are provided on the inner surface of the end of the door 13b on the side of the hatch unit 4, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the upper roller 18 has two first rotors 18a whose rotation axes are horizontal, and a second rotor whose rotation axis is vertical, sliding on the inner wall of the cutout at the lower end of the hanging rail 16. child 18b. Further, the lower roller 19 includes two rotors 19a that are fitted into a guide rail 17 having a downwardly concave cross section and rotate. This rotor 19a has a vertical axis of rotation, and works together with the second rotor 18b of the upper roller 18 to enable movement of the door 13b while maintaining the vertical posture of the door 13b.

In the above mounting structure, the door 13b is restrained in the vertical direction by fitting the first rotor 18a of the upper roller 18 provided at the upper end into the hanging rail 16, and is integrated into the middle storage section 11. Ru. When the rotor 19a of the lower roller 19 is inserted into the guide rail 17 as shown in FIG. 5, the door 13b is restrained from above and below, and is always maintained in a vertical position. Moreover, on the front of the door 13b,
A bar-shaped handle 13c running toward the opening is provided.

Furthermore, inside the middle storage section 11, there are
As shown in the figure, a partition plate 11c is provided, and a shelf plate 11d is attached to a portion on the wall surface A-2 side divided by this partition plate 11c.
In addition, as shown in Fig. 2, a power outlet 11 is installed so that rice cooker B etc. can be set and used.
e is provided on the side plate on the wall surface A-2 side. In addition, it is preferable to provide a heat-resistant and water-resistant panel made of stainless steel or the like on the upper surface of the interior of the interruption storage section 11 to prevent the steam generated from the rice cooker B.

In the above configuration, the middle storage section 11 of the storage cabinet 3 can store and use the rice cooker B as shown in FIG. In other words, rice cooker B
is generally used by placing it on the counter 1a, but it can also be used as an arrangement built into the middle storage section 11 instead.

At this time, the side ends of the doors 13a and 13b are arranged so as to abut against the ends of the top plate 11a, the service counter 11b, and the side plates 11f of the service counter 11b in the closed state. Therefore, the steam generated from the rice cooker does not leak into the dining room, and a comfortable environment in the dining room can be maintained.

Moreover, the rice cooker B has folding doors 13a and 13b.
It can also be handled from the dining room D side by opening to the wall A-2 side. Therefore, the middle storage section 11 performs the same function as the service hatch 5b, and has the function of deepening the connection between the kitchen K and the dining room D. For example, if rice cooker B is stored, rice is prepared from kitchen K side, and when rice is finished cooking and served, it is placed in dining room D.
Can be handled from the side. Therefore, while eating while seated at table T, food can be served from rice cooker B by opening folding doors 13a and 13b without having to go to kitchen K, interrupting family gatherings, etc. You can enjoy your meal without having to do anything. Further, since the folding doors 13a and 13b open toward the wall surface A-2, they do not obstruct people sitting at the table T.

In addition to the hatch function as described above, by providing the foldable doors 13a and 13b, the middle storage section 11 can also be used for normal storage when used from the dining room D side. Since the doors 13a and 13b are oriented to open to one side, the doors 13a and 13b are opened to one side.
3b does not get in the way, improving usability. Furthermore, the guide rail 17 that guides the lower end of the door 13b is provided on the lower surface of the service counter 11b.
Items placed on the tray can be taken in and out by sliding them as they are. Furthermore, since there is no need to provide a stopper such as a magnetic catch to stop the door on the service counter 11b, the entire area can be effectively used as a surface for placing items. Therefore, compared to the case where it is necessary to provide a member such as a magnetic catch on the bottom plate as in the case of a conventional double-folding door, it can be suitably used for storing objects that are large in shape and weight.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, in the hatch unit of the present invention, a hollow storage section is provided so that the kitchen side and the dining room side are continuous, and the bottom plate of this storage section is connected to the work surface on the kitchen side. As for the service counter, there is a folding door mainly on the dining room side. and,
All members supporting the lower edge of this folding door are placed on the underside of the service counter. Therefore, by using a service counter that is connected to the work surface on the kitchen side, the serving work from the kitchen side can be linked to the dining room side, and the work from cooking to serving and cleaning up after the meal can be done. This can be done efficiently by linking the kitchen side and the dining room side. Furthermore, there is no magnetic catch or other stopper on the service counter, unlike double doors, so items can be slid in and out. Moreover, since there is no such stopper, the entire service counter can be used effectively, and usability is improved.

In addition, the service counter in the storage area is used to store the rice cooker, and the side edge of the door that closes this storage area is
It is arranged so as to come into contact with the end of the top plate, the service counter, and the side plate of the service counter.
Therefore, the steam generated from the rice cooker does not leak into the dining room, making it possible to maintain a comfortable environment.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system kitchen incorporating the hatch unit of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view thereof, FIG. Figure 4 is a front view showing the connecting structure of the folding door of the middle storage section, Figure 5
The figure is a sectional view taken along the - line arrow in FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the opening/closing operation of the door. 1... Floor cabinet, 1a... Counter, 2... Wall cabinet, 3... Storage cabinet, 4... Hatch unit, 5... Counter unit, 11... Middle storage section, 11a...
...Top plate, 11b...Service counter, 13
a, 13b...door, 14...hinge, 15...hinge, 16...hanging rail, 17...guide rail, 18...upper roller, 19...lower roller.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] A hatch unit 4 is disposed at an end of a kitchen cabinet 1 arranged along a wall surface in a position perpendicular to the wall surface to partition the kitchen and the dining room, the hatch unit 4 is continuous with the kitchen cabinet 1 and is connected to the kitchen cabinet 1. A storage section 11 is formed so that the kitchen side and the dining room side are opened continuously, and a service counter 11b for storing a rice cooker is provided at the bottom. The folding door 13 includes a plurality of doors 1 connected to each other so as to be foldable.
3a and 13b, and one of the doors is connected to the storage section 1.
1, and the doors 13a, 13b are
A hanging rail 16 that slidably supports the upper end of the
is attached to the top plate 11a of the storage section 11, and a guide rail 17 for guiding the lower ends of the doors 13a, 13b is provided on the lower surface of the service counter 11b.
The side end portion of 3b is connected to the top plate 11a, the service counter 11b, and the side plate 1 of the service counter 11b.
A hatch unit characterized in that it is arranged so as to come into contact with an end of 1f.