JPH06331154A - Assembled heating cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplify a user's reservation setting operation by setting a cook completing time of a designated cooker of a plurality of cookers, and controlling an operation of the cooker designated based on the setting. CONSTITUTION:Operation switches for designating various settings, starting of cookers 2, 3, 4, 5 are provided in the cookers 2, 3, 4, 5, a controller for controlling a heating source, etc., is contained, and heating coolings of individual cookers can be executed. The cookers 2, 3, 4, 5 are operated to heat and cook according to a signal from a controller 14. The controller 14 so outputs a control signal to the designated cooker as to complete cooling at the set cooking completing time based on a reservation setting by a user's operation panel. Accordingly, the controller 14 performs a function as reservation control means.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a collective heating cooker having a plurality of cooking appliances.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, a rice cooker,
A collective cooking device that houses a plurality of cooking devices such as a microwave oven, toaster, and pot has been considered. Among these cooking devices, a rice cooker and a microwave oven are generally provided with a reservation function so that a user can set a cooking completion time by reservation.

[0003]

By the way, when the user wants to have breakfast at a predetermined time in the next morning, for example, by making a reservation setting by using the reservation function of the rice cooker or the microwave oven, At the reserved time, rice is cooked in the rice cooker, and for example, side dishes can be prepared in the microwave.

[0004] However, in the conventional collective cooking apparatus which is simply a combination of a rice cooker, a microwave oven, etc., the user has to make a reservation setting for each cooking appliance, which is a troublesome work. Was becoming. Further, toasters and pots generally do not have a reservation function, and it is necessary to separately operate these on the spot.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a collective type cooking apparatus which can realize a total reservation function and can easily perform a user's reservation setting work. .

[0006]

The collective heating and cooking apparatus of the present invention includes a designating unit for designating one or more cooking appliances among a plurality of cooking appliances and a cooking appliance designated by the designating means. It is characterized by comprising a reservation setting means for setting the cooking completion time and a reservation operation control means for controlling the operation of the cooking appliance specified by the specifying means based on the setting by the reservation setting means ( The invention of claim 1).

Further, in this case, when the plurality of cooking appliances are designated, the reserved operation control means causes the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function to precede the operation of the other cooking appliances, and the heat retaining function. It is more effective to control the cooking device having the above to keep the cooking device in the heat retention state until the set cooking completion time after completion of the cooking (the invention of claim 2).

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1, the user designates one or more cooking appliances of the plurality of cooking appliances by the designating means, and sets the cooking completion time of the designated cooking equipment by the reservation setting means. can do. Then, based on the reservation setting, the reservation operation control means controls the operation of each cooking appliance. Therefore, the user does not need to make a reservation setting for each cooking appliance even when making a reservation setting for a plurality of cooking appliances, and the operation can be easily completed.

By the way, when a plurality of cooking appliances are operated at the same time, the power consumption increases, and there is a possibility that the rating of the power outlet may be exceeded. On the other hand, according to the invention of claim 2, when a plurality of cooking appliances are operated based on the reservation setting, the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function is executed prior to the operation of other cooking appliances. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the power consumption from increasing at a time. Moreover, the cooking device that operates in advance has a heat retention function, and even if cooking is completed, it remains in the heat retention state until the set cooking completion time. Only small amount of electricity is required.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 3 shows an external configuration of the collective heating and cooking apparatus according to the present embodiment. This collective heating and cooking apparatus has, for example, a toaster 2, a microwave oven 3, and a pot in a vertically long rectangular cabinet 1. 4 and the rice cooker 5 (refer to FIG. 5).
Of these, the pot 4 is housed in the drawer 1a, and the rice cooker 5 is housed in the drawer 1b. Although a detailed description of these cooking appliances is omitted, as is well known, the pot 4 and the rice cooker 5 have a heat retaining function for keeping hot water or rice.

On the front surface of the cabinet 1, an operation panel 6 for reservation setting is provided on the right side of the microwave oven 3. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation panel 6 is provided with a display unit 7 located at the upper portion, and the display unit 7 includes a current time display unit 7a, a reserved time display unit 7b, and a cooking appliance type display. It is composed of a portion 7c and the like. Further, operation keys such as a reservation key 8, a designation key 9, a setting key 10, a time setting knob 11 and a priority key 12 are provided below the display unit 7. The designation key 9 is for the toaster 2, microwave oven 3, pot 4,
Four pieces are provided corresponding to each cooking device of the rice cooker 5.

As will be described later in detail, the user specifies one or a plurality of cooking appliances among the cooking appliances 2, 3, 4, and 5 with the operation panel 6, and the cooking completion time of the designated cooking appliance. It is possible to set reservations for all at once. Therefore, this operation panel 6
, But functions as the designating means and the reservation setting means in the present invention.

FIG. 5 schematically shows the entire electrical structure. Here, one power plug 1 is provided for each cooking device such as the toaster 2, the microwave oven 3, the pot 4, and the rice cooker 5.
Power is supplied from a power outlet via the terminal 3. The signals of the operation keys of the operation panel 6 are input to the control device 14 including a microcomputer. Further, the control device 14 controls the display of the display unit 7. Drive power is supplied to the control device 14 via a power transformer 15 and a DC power supply unit (not shown).

Each of the cooking appliances 2, 3, 4, 5 is provided with operation switches for instructing various settings and start, and not shown for controlling heating sources and the like. The control circuit is built in so that the cooking operation can be performed by each cooking appliance independently. However, each cooking appliance 2, 3, 4, 5 is also heated by the signal from the control device 14. It is configured to perform a cooking operation. The control device 14 outputs a control signal to the designated cooking equipment so that the cooking is completed at the set cooking completion time based on the reservation setting by the user on the operation panel 6. Therefore, the controller 14
However, it functions as the reserved driving control means in the present invention.

At this time, as will be described in detail later in the description of the operation, in this embodiment, the control device 14 has a cooking function having a heat retaining function when a plurality of cooking appliances are designated by its software configuration. The operation of the equipment (pot 4 and rice cooker 5) is executed prior to the operation of other cooking equipment (toaster 2 and microwave oven 3), and the cooking equipment is set after the completion of cooking in those pot 4 or rice cooker 5. The control is performed such that the heat retention state is maintained until the specified cooking completion time.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. Here, for example, when the user makes a reservation to complete the three cooking operations of cooking rice with the rice cooker 5, cooking side dishes with the microwave oven 3, and boiling water with the pot 4 at a predetermined time (T0). Will be described as an example. To make a cooking reservation setting, the user first turns on the reservation key 8 on the operation panel 6. Then, the control device 14 executes the process in the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG.

When the reservation key 8 is turned on, the character "reserve" on the display portion 7 of the operation panel 6 is turned on (step S1). Therefore, the user rotates the time setting knob 11 to set the cooking completion time (step S2). Here, the reserved time display section 7b of the display section 7 is in a blinking state. The number of the time display is changed according to the amount of rotation of the time setting knob 11 (step S3). The user stops the rotating operation of the time setting knob 11 when the blinking display of the reserved time display portion 7b reaches the desired time T0.

Next, the user turns on the designation key 9 to designate the cooking appliance (step S4). In this case, three cooking appliances including the microwave oven 3, the pot 4, and the rice cooker 5 are designated. In accordance with the designation, the mark portion corresponding to the designated cooking appliance on the cooking appliance type display portion 7c comes to blink (step S5). When all the designations have been completed, the user operates the setting key 10 (step S
6). Then, the reservation setting is confirmed, and the blinking display of the reserved time display section 7b and the cooking appliance type display section 7c is changed to the lighting display (step 7).

If a plurality of cooking appliances are operated at the same time, power consumption will increase and the rating of the power outlet may be exceeded. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the cooking appliances (microwave oven 3, pot 4, rice cooker 5) are sequentially operated with the operating time being different, and the operation order is determined in step S8. in this case,
The priority order for each cooking appliance is set in advance so that the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function comes first.
The rice cooker 5 and the microwave oven 3 are determined in this order.

In the next step S9, the time required for cooking of each cooking appliance is fetched from the control circuit of each cooking appliance, and in step S10 the operation start time of each cooking appliance is calculated. Here, as shown in FIG.
Assuming that the cooking times in the pot 4, rice cooker 5 and microwave oven 3 are tp, ts and to, respectively, the operation start time of the microwave oven 3 is the time t from the set cooking completion time T0.
The time T3 is traced back by o, the operation start time of the rice cooker 5 is time T2 traced back by time ts from time T3, and the operation start time of the pot 4 is time T1 traced back by time tp from time T2.

In this way, the operation start time of each cooking appliance is determined, and when any of the operation start times is reached thereafter (Yes in step S11), a start command is given to the corresponding cooking appliance to start the operation. (Step S1
2). In this case, first, at time T1, the operation of the pot 4 is started. Then, after the time tp has passed, the time T
When it becomes 2, the boiling water operation of the pot 4 ends, and then the operation of the rice cooker 5 starts. At this time, when the boiling water operation of the pot 4 ends (step S14).
At Yes), the instruction for the heat retaining operation is given to the pot 4 (step S15), and the pot 4 is switched to the heat retaining operation.

Similarly, when the operation of the rice cooker 5 is completed (time T3), the operation of the microwave oven 3 is started this time, and the rice cooker 5 is switched to the heat retention operation. At this time, the warming operation of the pot 4 is also continued.
In this way, the operation of each cooking appliance is advanced and time T0
Then, the operation of the microwave oven 3 is finished and all cooking is completed (Yes in step S15).

Now, at the reserved time T0,
Hot water is boiled in the pot 4, rice is cooked in the rice cooker 5, and, for example, a side dish is completed in the microwave oven 3. With respect to the pot 4 and the rice cooker 5, the cooking operation is completed before the time T0, but since the warming operation is performed until the time T0, the cooked food is served in a warm and ready-to-eat state.

The relationship between time and power consumption during this period is as shown in FIG. The total power consumption (indicated by the thick line) is the power consumption of only the operation of the pot 4 from time T1 to T2, except for the power constantly supplied to the control device 14, etc., and the rice cooked from time T2 to T3. The power consumption required to keep the pot 4 warm is added to the power consumption of the operation of the container 5 (shown by the chain double-dashed line), and from time T3 to T0.
Up to the above, the power consumption required for keeping the temperature of the pot 4 and the rice cooker 5 is added to the power consumption of the operation of the microwave oven 3 (shown by the chain double-dashed line). In this case, since the power consumption required for keeping the temperature is small, there is no fear that the breaker will operate even if the power outlet has a relatively small rated power (for example, 20 A) for general household use.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the operation panel 6 having the display section 7 and the operation keys 8 to 12 is provided, and the cooking appliances 2 to 5 are controlled by the control signals based on the settings on the operation panel 6. By providing the control device 14 for providing, the so-called total reservation function can be realized, and the user can make reservation settings for a plurality of cooking appliances by one operation on the operation panel 6 at one place. .
As a result, unlike the conventional one in which it is necessary to make a reservation setting for each cooking appliance, the user's reservation setting work can be easily completed.

In particular, in this embodiment, when a plurality of cooking appliances are operated based on the reservation setting, the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function is executed prior to the operation of other cooking appliances. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the power consumption from increasing at a time without the food being caught.

In the above embodiment, when a plurality of cooking appliances are operated based on the reservation setting, the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function is executed prior to the operation of other cooking appliances. When using a power supply with a sufficiently large rated power, it is not necessary to perform such control,
It may be configured to operate a plurality of cooking appliances at the same time.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, when the operation order of each cooking appliance is determined according to the preset priority order, the user changes or sets the operation order of the cooking appliance by the key operation. It may be configured to be able to do. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be implemented by appropriately modifying it within a range not departing from the gist, such as incorporating other cooking equipment such as a grill and a coffee maker. is there.

[0029]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the collective heating and cooking apparatus of the present invention, a designating means for designating one or more cooking appliances among a plurality of cooking appliances, and this designating means. Reservation setting means for setting the cooking completion time in the cooking appliance specified by the means, and reserved operation control means for controlling the operation of the cooking appliance specified by the specifying means based on the setting by the reservation setting means. Since it is provided, the total reservation function can be realized, and the excellent effect that the user can easily complete the reservation setting work is exhibited.

Further, in this case, when the plurality of cooking appliances are designated, the reserved operation control means causes the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function to be executed prior to the operation of the other cooking appliances, and the heat retaining function. If it is configured to perform a control to keep the cooking appliance in a heat-retention state until the set cooking completion time after completion of cooking in the cooking appliance having the It can be prevented in advance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention and is a flowchart showing a processing procedure at the time of reservation.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship between power consumption and cooking operation time based on a reservation.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the overall appearance.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged front view of the operation panel.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a cabinet, 2 is a toaster (cooking equipment), 3 is a microwave oven (cooking equipment), 4 is a pot (cooking equipment), 5
Is a rice cooker (cooking device), 6 is an operation panel (designating means, reservation setting means), and 14 is a control device (reservation operation control means).

Front page continued (72) Minoru Takagi Minoru Takaramachi 4-chome 21 Nishio-ku, Nagoya-shi, Toshiba Nagoya Plant (72) Inventor Naoki Ito 4-chome Ashihara-cho Nishi-ku, Nagoya Toshiba Ebuy E Inside the Nagoya office (72) Inventor Kenji Katsuhara 4-21, Yoshihara-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya-shi Toshiba Abu E-in Nagoya office

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A collective heating and cooking apparatus having a plurality of cooking appliances, a designating unit for designating one or more cooking appliances of the plurality of cooking appliances, and a cooking appliance designated by the designating means. And a reserved operation control means for controlling the operation of the cooking appliance specified by the specifying means based on the setting by the reservation setting means. Collective cooking device. 2. The reservation operation control means, when a plurality of cooking appliances are designated, causes the operation of the cooking appliance having the heat retaining function to precede the operation of other cooking appliances and performs the cooking having the heat retaining function. The device is configured to perform a control to keep the cooking appliance in a heat retention state until the set cooking completion time after completion of cooking in the appliance.
The collective heating and cooking device described.