JPH06284934A - System kitchen - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a simple structured and low-costly system kitchen which has higher heat retaining efficiency and which does not limit the amount of cooked foods to be warmed regardless of the area of kitchen top. CONSTITUTION:A lightning equipment 20 such as a halogen lamp, which serves as a warmer for cooked foods, is installed on an upper cabinet 16 above a kitchen 2, the power cord of the lightning equipment 20 is connected to a cord reel, and the lightning equipment 20 can be moved down toward the kitchen 2 using this cord reel to warm a cooked food 12 on the kitchen 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system kitchen capable of keeping foods placed on a kitchen worktop warm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a system kitchen for home use, there is no heat-retaining room for keeping foods warm.
When making multiple dishes one after another and lining up all the dishes on the table, the first dish is already cold and it is often necessary to reheat it with a microwave oven.

Therefore, as disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 63-146538, there is a kitchen worktop provided with a heat insulating means so that the food can be kept warm so as not to be cooled.

[0004]

However, in the prior art such as the above publication, when the area of the kitchen worktop is small, the installation area of the heat insulating means is inevitably small, and the amount of cooked food that can be kept warm is also large. It will be limited. In addition, since the heat retaining means needs to be installed on the kitchen worktop from the beginning, the structure of the system kitchen becomes complicated and the cost becomes higher. Furthermore, various cooked foods that have been cooked one after another are usually put in a container such as a plate, but in the conventional heat retention means, the cooked foods are put in such a container. , Keeps the food warm through the container,
It is significantly inferior in heat retention efficiency.

Therefore, in the present invention, even if the area of the kitchen worktop is small, there is not much limitation on the amount of food that can be kept warm, and the structure of the system kitchen is simple and inexpensive. The purpose is to make the heat insulation efficiency excellent.

[0006]

In order to achieve such an object, in the system kitchen of the present invention, the cooked food heat retaining means is provided above the kitchen worktop and the cooked food warming means is moved. It is characterized in that it can be moved toward the kitchen worktop.

[0007]

Since the cooked food warming means keeps the cooked food on the kitchen worktop warm, the cooked food can be kept warm regardless of the area of the kitchen worktop.
In addition, the food warming means need not be installed on the kitchen worktop. Further, the cooked food can be directly kept warm even if the cooked food is put in the container.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Example 1 FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system kitchen of Example 1,
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the main part of FIG.

With reference to these figures, a cooking surface 12 between a stove 4 and a water tank 6 of a kitchen worktop 2 has a food item 12 contained in a container 10 placed thereon. Above the kitchen worktop 2, a range hood 14 is provided on the stove 4 side, and an upper cabinet 16 is provided on the cooking surface 8 side and the water tank 6 side.

A plurality of circular openings 18 are formed on the lower surface of the upper cabinet 16, and in this example, two openings 18 (only one of which is shown in the figure) are formed. An illumination lamp 20 can be attached to each of the openings 18. It has become. Of these illuminating lamps 20, the left side in the drawing is lowered toward the kitchen worktop 2 and the right side is shown as being housed in the opening. This illuminating lamp 20 is provided with a dome-shaped reflector 24 having handles 22 attached to two locations on its periphery,
A halogen lamp 2 as a point light source is provided in the center of the reflector 24.
6 is provided, and can be lifted and lowered on the kitchen worktop 2 by the lift mechanism 28 in the upper cabinet 16. The elevating mechanism 28 is provided in the upper cabinet 2 and has a cord reel 30. A power cord 32 is wound around the cord reel 30, and one end of the power cord 32 is connected to a halogen lamp via a pulley 34. When the illuminating lamp 20 is pulled down by holding the handle 22, the cord reel 3
The power cord 32 is fed out from 0, and the hand is stopped from the handle 22 at a predetermined lowered position.

The operation will be described. Now, as shown in FIG. 1, a dish 10 such as bread is placed on a plate 10 on the cooking surface 8. In order to keep the food 12 warm, hold the handle 22 of the illumination lamp 20 on the left side in the drawing and pull it down to remove the illumination lamp 2.
The cooking plate 12 is covered with two reflectors 24. As a result, the food 12 is kept warm by the heat of the lamp 20. Further, when there is still another food to be cooked, the illumination lamp 20 on the right side in the figure is similarly pulled down to keep the other food warm.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a system kitchen according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIG. In these figures, parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 1 and 2 according to the first embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals.

In the second embodiment, the hanging cabinet 36 is provided in the upper cabinet 16 so as to be vertically movable, the reflecting plate 38 is provided on the lower surface of the hanging cabinet 36, and the heater 40 is provided in the reflecting plate 38. . A lifting switch 42 for lifting and lowering the hanging cabinet 36 is provided on the front surface of the upper cabinet 16, and the hanging cabinet 36 is installed.
A heater on / off switch 44 is provided on the front surface of the.

When the cooked food 12 placed on the plate 10 of the second embodiment is kept warm, the raising / lowering switch 42 is turned on to lower the hanging cabinet 36, and the heater on / off switch 44 is turned on. The heater 40 is driven, and the heat of the heater 40 keeps the food 12 warm.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the code reel 30 is used as the lifting mechanism 28 for the illumination lamp 20, and the hanging cabinet 36 is used as the lifting mechanism for the heater 40. However, the lifting mechanism is not limited to this. Further, in the embodiment, the illumination lamp 20
Although the heater 40 is moved up and down, it may be moved from the back side to the front side of the system kitchen instead of moving up and down, and the moving direction is not limited to the up and down movement.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, the food warming means is provided above the kitchen worktop, and the food warming means can be moved toward the kitchen worktop by the moving mechanism. Therefore, the cooked food can be kept warm from above the kitchen worktop by the cooked food warming means, and the required amount of cooked food can be kept warm regardless of the area of the kitchen worktop. In addition, since it is not necessary to install the food warming means on the kitchen worktop as in the conventional case, the structure of the kitchen worktop itself can be simplified and the cost can be reduced accordingly. Furthermore, even if the food is put in a container,
Since it can be kept warm from above, it has better heat retention efficiency than before.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a system kitchen according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a system kitchen according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of a main part of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 Kitchen worktop 4 Stove 6 Water tank 8 Cooking surface 12 Cooking product 16 Upper cabinet 18 Opening 20 Lighting lamp 28 Lifting mechanism 36 Hanging cabinet 38 Reflector 40 Heater

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[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] February 12, 1992

[Procedure Amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0011

[Correction method] Change

[Correction content]

A plurality of circular openings 18 are formed on the lower surface of the upper cabinet 16, and in this example, two openings 18 (only one of which is shown in the figure) are formed. An illumination lamp 20 can be attached to each of the openings 18. It has become. Of these illuminating lamps 20, the left side in the drawing is lowered toward the kitchen worktop 2 and the right side is shown as being housed in the opening. This illuminating lamp 20 is provided with a dome-shaped reflector 24 having handles 22 attached to two locations on its periphery,
A halogen lamp 2 as a point light source is provided in the center of the reflector 24.
6 is provided, and can be lifted and lowered on the kitchen worktop 2 by the lift mechanism 28 in the upper cabinet 16. The elevating mechanism 28 is provided in the upper cabinet 2 and has a cord reel 30. A power cord 32 is wound around the cord reel 30, and one end of the power cord 32 is connected to a halogen lamp via a pulley 34. When the illuminating lamp 20 is pulled down by holding the handle 22, the cord reel 3
The power cord 32 is fed from 0, and when the hand is released from the handle 22 at a predetermined lowered position, the power cord 32 stops at that position.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A system kitchen, characterized in that a cooked food warming means is provided above the kitchen worktop, and the cooked food warming means can be moved toward the kitchen worktop by a moving mechanism. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein an upper cabinet is provided above the kitchen worktop, and the food warming means is provided on the upper cabinet so as to be movable toward the kitchen worktop. kitchen. 3. An upper cabinet is provided above the kitchen worktop, a hanging cabinet is movably provided downward in the upper cabinet, and a food warming means is provided on a lower surface of the hanging cabinet. Claim 1
System kitchen described in. 4. The system kitchen according to claim 1, wherein the food heat insulating means is a lighting lamp or a heater.