JPH0556866A - Oven toaster - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent circuits from malfunctioning even if liquid is spilled, by forming a groove on the upper part of a front panel and below the joint between the front panel and a partition plate, facing the joint. CONSTITUTION:A groove 30 is formed by a connecting piece 22, a horizontal part 23 and a raised part 24. The groove 30 is formed on the upper part of an operating panel 21 and located below the joint A between the connecting piece 22 and a vertical part 13b, facing the joint A. And, the groove 30 runs in the direction of the length of the operating panel 21. The groove 30 extends by a length of L from both edges of circuit substrates 42 and 43. Paths 50 leading to a bottom plate 21c are provided at both ends of the groove 30. Therefore, liquid spillage is received and retained in the groove 30 when the liquid is spilled.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention provides a main body case having a heating chamber for heating food to be cooked by a heater, and a control chamber having a substrate on which electronic parts for controlling the heater are arranged below. The present invention relates to an oven toaster provided with a partition plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, an oven toaster shown in FIG. 9 is known.

In FIG. 9, reference numeral 1 is a partition plate provided in the case main body, on which a heating chamber 2 for heating a food by a heater H is formed, and below the partition plate 1 is a control chamber 3. Are formed. Reference numeral 4 denotes a door, and a projection 5 extending downward is provided at a lower portion of the door 4, and the projection 5 is engaged with a hole 6 provided in the partition plate 1 so that the door 4 can be opened and closed in the arrow direction. ing. G is a grill on which food is placed.

Reference numeral 7 denotes an operation panel portion continuously formed on the partition plate 1. The operation panel portion 7 is provided with a timer 8 for setting the energizing time of the heater H, a power switch (not shown) and the like. Further, on the back side of the operation panel section 7, a circuit board on which electronic parts (not shown) for controlling the heater H are arranged.
(Not shown) is attached.

[0005]

In such an oven toaster, the partition plate 1 is heated by the heater H, and the heat is continuously formed on the partition plate 1 by the operation panel section 7.
Therefore, the temperature of the operation panel section 7 becomes considerably high. Therefore, there is a problem that the coating of the operation panel portion 7 is bald or discolored.

A circuit board on which electronic parts are arranged is attached to the operation panel section 7. Especially, since the PC board and the electronic parts are vulnerable to heat, it is necessary to attach the circuit board via a heat insulating material. .. For this reason, there is a problem that the number of parts increases and the cost becomes high.

Therefore, if the partition plate 1 and the operation panel section 7 are formed as separate members, the above problems can be solved. However, since there is a joint between the partition plate 1 and the operation panel section 7, there is some liquid depending on the type of food put in the heating chamber. If this liquid spills, the liquid will flow from the joint to the control chamber 3. There is a problem that even the electronic parts that have come in reach the circuit and cause malfunction of the circuit.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an oven toaster that does not cause a malfunction of a circuit even if liquid spills.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a heating chamber for heating food to be cooked by a heater and an electronic part for controlling the heater at the lower part of the main body case. A control chamber provided with a substrate is formed by partitioning with a partition plate, and a door for opening and closing the entrance of the cooking product is provided at the front part of the heating chamber and is rotatably provided at the front part of the partition plate. In an oven toaster provided with a front plate portion that covers the front surface of the control chamber at a position below the door,
On the upper portion of the front plate portion, a groove portion is formed at a position below the joint portion between the partition plate and the front plate portion so as to face the joint portion and extend in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion, and the length of the groove is The length is set to be equal to or longer than the length of the substrate in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion.

[0010]

According to the present invention, a groove is formed in the upper part of the front plate at a position below the joint between the partition plate and the front plate, and the groove facing the joint is formed. Even if the liquid enters the joint between the partition plate and the front plate, the groove receives the liquid, so that the liquid can be prevented from reaching the electronic components arranged on the substrate.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2, reference numeral 10 denotes a main body case which constitutes the main body of an oven toaster. In the main body case 10, a partition plate 13 for partitioning a heating chamber 11 above and a control chamber 12 below is provided. Has been. In the heating chamber 11,
A grill 15 for placing the food and a heater 1 for heating the food
6 is provided.

A doorway 17 is provided at the front of the heating chamber 11 for loading and unloading the food, and a door 18 for opening and closing the doorway 17 is provided so as to be openable and closable.

A protrusion 19 extending downward is provided at the lower portion of the door 18, and the protrusion 19 extends toward the front end portion 1 of the partition plate 13.
The door 18 is engaged with a slit-shaped hinge hole 20 provided in the opening 3a and is rotatably held with the partition plate 13 as a fulcrum. The door 18 is opened and closed in the direction of the arrow by the rotating operation.

Reference numeral 21 denotes an operation panel (front plate portion) provided so as to cover the front surface of the control chamber 12, and a bottom plate portion 2 connected to the bottom plate 10a of the main body case 10 is provided at a lower portion of the operation panel 21.
1c is formed. The operation panel 21 is provided with a timer 31 for setting the heating time, a setting switch 32 for setting the strength of heating, a display 33 for displaying the strength, and the like.

On the inner side surface 21b of the operation panel 21, a board mounting post 41 is formed in a state of extending laterally.
Circuit boards 42 and 43 are attached to the column 41. The lower ends 42c and 43c of the circuit boards 42 and 43 are located apart from the bottom plate 21c. Then, on the left side surface 42a (in FIG. 1) of the operation panel circuit board 42, an electronic component 45 for controlling the heating time of the display 33 and the heater 16 is arranged. In addition, the right side surface 4 of the circuit board 43
3a is also provided with electronic parts 46 and the like for controlling the heating time of the heater 16 and the like.

On the upper portion 21a of the operation panel 21, there is continuously formed a joining piece 22 for joining with the hanging portion 13b formed on the front end portion 13a of the partition plate 13, and from the bottom to the right of the joining piece 22 (in FIG. 1). ) The extended horizontal part 23 and this horizontal part 2
An upright portion 24 that is upright from the tip of 3 is continuously formed.

A groove 30 is formed by the joining piece 22, the horizontal portion 23, and the standing portion 24. This groove 30 is
It is in a state of being formed on the upper portion of the operation panel 21 at a position below the joint portion A between the joint piece 22 and the hanging portion 13b so as to face the joint portion A. Further, the groove portion 30 is formed along the longitudinal direction of the operation panel 21.

As shown in FIG. 4, the length of the groove portion 30 is set so as to protrude by L from both ends of the circuit boards 42 and 43. Further, as shown in FIG. 3, passages 50 extending to the bottom plate portion 21c are formed at both ends of the groove portion 30.

Therefore, when the liquid of the cooking product is spilled in the vicinity of the door 18 when the cooking product is taken in and out of the heating chamber 11, the liquid flows out downward from the joint portion A and the hinge hole 20 of the partition plate 13. .. Then, this liquid is received by the groove portion 30 and accumulates in the groove portion 30. Therefore, the liquid is the circuit board 4
It will never reach 2,43.

When the amount of liquid is large, it flows along the groove 30 to both sides and flows from the passage 50 to the bottom plate 21c. The lower end portions 42c and 43c of the circuit boards 42 and 43 are the bottom plate portion 2
Since it is located away from 1c, the liquid flowing to the bottom plate portion 21c does not reach the circuit boards 42 and 43.

Therefore, the circuit board 42,
The circuit provided in 43 is prevented from malfunctioning.

Further, in this embodiment, the circuit boards 42, 4
Since no electronic parts are provided on the side surfaces 42b and 43b of the third embodiment, the space between the circuit boards 42 and 43 can be narrowed, so that the space of the control room 12 can be reduced.

FIGS. 5 and 6 show another embodiment, in which the groove portion 30 surrounds the circuit boards 42 and 43.
The cover 51 is provided to extend rearward from both ends of the.

FIG. 7 shows that the horizontal portion 23 has, for example, a horizontal portion 52a.
The metal member 52 including the side wall portion 52b and the side wall portion 52b is provided, and the groove portion 30 is formed by the metal member 52 and the joining piece 22. FIG. 8 shows the joint piece 22 and the hanging portion 13 of the partition plate 13.
An elastic member 53 for sealing is interposed in the joint portion A with b to prevent liquid or debris from entering the gap in the joint portion A.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, the groove portion facing the joint is formed in the upper portion of the front plate below the joint between the partition plate and the front plate. Even if the liquid spills and enters the joint between the partition plate and the front plate, the groove receives the liquid, so that the liquid is prevented from reaching the electronic parts arranged on the substrate,
The liquid does not cause malfunction of the circuit.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a main part showing a configuration of a main part of an oven toaster according to the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the appearance of an oven toaster,

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a main part of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment,

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing a part of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing the configuration of another embodiment,

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of an essential part showing the configuration of another embodiment,

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a main part of a conventional oven toaster.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Main Body Case 11 Heating Room 12 Control Room 13 Partition Plate 17 Doorway 18 Door 21 Operation Panel (Front Plate) 30 Groove 42 Circuit Board (Board) 43 Circuit Board (Board)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A heating chamber for heating food to be cooked by a heater in an upper part of a main body case, and a control chamber provided with a substrate on which electronic parts for controlling the heater are arranged are partitioned by a partition plate. An entrance for cooking is provided at the front of the heating chamber, and a door for opening and closing the entrance is rotatably provided at the front of the partition plate, and a front plate that covers the front surface of the control chamber at a position below the door. In the oven toaster provided with, in the upper portion of the front plate portion, a groove portion is formed at a position below the joint portion between the partition plate and the front plate portion so as to face the joint portion and extend in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion. The oven toaster is characterized in that the length of the groove is set to be equal to or longer than the length of the substrate in the longitudinal direction of the front plate portion. 2. The groove is also opposed to a door mounting hinge hole provided in the partition plate.
The oven toaster described in the item.