JPH07298936A - Cleaner for cooking utensil - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely clean a top board. CONSTITUTION:A nozzle 19 to eject cleaning water is arranged at the the front edge part of the top board 2 of a cooking utensil main body 1, and the cleaning water can be jetted from the nozzle along the surface of the top board 2. Also, an electromagnetic opening/closing valve 18 is interposed in the water supply path of the nozzle 19 so as to eject the cleaning water by interlocking with the opening/closing operation of a gas cock 13. In this way, the cleaning water can be jetted successively on the top board while cooking is being performed, and ejection is stopped when the cooking is completed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cooking device cleaning device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a gas stove for business use has a plurality of stoves arranged on the top plate, but since it is for business use, cooking frequency and cooking time are longer than those for home use, and the top plate is It becomes dirty in a short time with cooking waste, oil, etc. In particular, a high calorie burner is used in a cooker for performing Chinese food, and when stir-fry cooking is performed, a large amount of oil is scattered over a wide area and adheres to the top plate. Therefore, it has been practiced to drain the oil on the top plate using a hose at an appropriate time of the day. However, since the manual work using the hose is troublesome as described above, there has been conventionally developed one in which a water supply pipe is arranged at an edge portion of the top plate and water jet ports are provided at appropriate intervals here.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned one, the valve connected to the water supply pipe is opened / closed when the flushing operation is performed. If the opening / closing operation is forgotten at the start of cooking, the cooking oil Will solidify in a relatively short time due to oxidation, and it will be difficult to completely remove the oil even after washing with water. On the other hand, when cooking is over, the valve may be accidentally forgotten to be closed, and in such a case, water was left unattended, which was uneconomical. In particular, although such a forgetting operation is inevitable in a busy kitchen scene, the current situation is that the measures against the above problems are not sufficiently taken into consideration.

The present invention has been devised and devised in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a cleaning device for a cooker capable of reliably cleaning the top plate.

[0005]

The structure of the present invention for achieving the above object is a cooker in which a heating and cooking section is arranged on a top plate of a main body of the cooker, and the top plate is the top plate. And a valve for opening and closing is connected to the jet port, and the valve is connected to the operating means for the heating and cooking section so as to be interlockable. To do.

[0006]

[Function] When the operating means is operated to perform heating and cooking, the cleaning liquid is ejected from the ejection port onto the top plate in conjunction therewith, whereby the oil or cooking waste on the top plate is washed off. To be done. On the contrary, when the cooking is completed, the ejection of the cleaning liquid is stopped in cooperation with the operating means.

[0007]

The effects of the present invention are as follows. Since the jetting action of the cleaning liquid is linked with the operation of the operating means for the heating and cooking section, the cleaning starts at the start of cooking,
The oil can be washed off immediately. That is, the cooking oil can be washed away before solidification, so that the oil can be reliably removed. In addition, since the cleaning operation is stopped when the cooking is finished, the cleaning liquid is not wasted and the economy is excellent.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 2 and 3 show the side surface of the cooker (commercial Chinese cooker) of this example, and the cooker main body 1 is supported by height-adjustable supporting legs arranged at the four corners. The cooker body 1 has a box-shaped frame as a whole, and a top plate 2 is provided on the upper surface thereof. The top plate 2 is attached such that the rear portion thereof projects outward from the cooker body 1, and a back guard panel 3 is provided upright over the entire width at the rear edge thereof. Also,
A front guard 4 and side guards 5 having a C-shaped cross section are erected on the front edge and both side edges of the top plate 2. These guards 4 and 5 are for preventing wash water (tap water) described later from spilling on the floor surface. The top plate 2 has a downward slope toward the back guard panel 3 side so that the cleaning water is guided to the rear edge side and drained, and an oil gutter 6 is provided along the lower edge of the back guard panel 3 so as to be recessed. ing. The oil gutter 6 has a symmetrical downward slope to the left and right with the center position as the apex, and drain ports 7 are opened near both ends thereof. A drain pipe 8 is also connected to the drop port 7.

As shown in FIG. 1, a total of six Chinese burners (stove sections 9a, 9b) are provided on the top plate 2.
Of these, four are for high calories and the other two are for low calories, which are arranged in the middle of the pair of left and right high calories and on the back side thereof. Each of the Chinese burners has a pot frame 10a, 10b protruding from the top plate 2 in a ring shape, and a Chinese pot or the like (not shown) can be placed thereon. The kettle frames 10a and 10b are formed so as to open vertically, and the cooker main body 1 is provided below them.
A high-calorie burner 11a or a low-calorie burner 11b housed inside is provided correspondingly. The burners 11a and 11b are connected to the gas pipe 12. In the middle of the gas pipe 12, the same number of cocks 13 are provided corresponding to the burners 11a and 11b.
The front panel 14 of the cooker main body 1
The opening / closing operation can be individually performed by twisting the operation element 15 protruding from the operation element 15. Further, a circular cam 16 as shown in FIG. 5 is fitted on the shaft portion of the operator 15. A micro switch 17 is adjacent to the circular cam 16, and the micro switch 17 is incorporated in an electric circuit (not shown) and plays a role of opening and closing an electromagnetic opening / closing valve 18 interposed in a water supply pipe described later. When the cock 13 is closed, that is, when cooking is not being performed, the contact piece 17a of the micro switch 17 is adapted to fit into the concave portion 16a formed in the circular cam 16. The switch 17 is off, but when the cock 13 is open,
That is, during cooking, the contact piece 17a contacts the peripheral surface of the circular cam 16 so that the micro switch 17 is turned on.

A plurality of nozzles 19 for spraying cleaning water are provided inside the front guard 4 so that the cleaning water can be sprayed along the surface of the top plate 2.
In this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
9 is directed toward the center of the corresponding burner, and the opening angle of the nozzle 19 is set so that the diffusion range of the washing water is wide and narrow according to the size of the corresponding stove portions 9a and 9b. .

On the other hand, a water supply pipe is provided for each nozzle 19 as shown in FIG. That is, a heat shield plate 20 for each burner is fixed inside the cooker body 1 at a position near the front panel 14 in parallel with the burner body 1, and a water supply pipe 21 is horizontally fixed on the front face of the heat shield plate 20. Has been done. The water supply pipe 21 and each nozzle 19 are connected by a connecting pipe 22, and each connecting pipe 22 has an electromagnetic opening / closing valve 18 for opening and closing these connecting pipes.
Are intervened respectively. In addition, each solenoid valve 1
8, a solenoid 23 is attached, and although the detailed circuit configuration is not shown, when the micro switch 17 is turned on, the solenoid 23 is opened via a relay.

Next, the function and effect of the cooking device of this embodiment having the above-described structure will be described in detail. When the operator 15 is twisted at the start of cooking, gas is supplied to the desired burners 11a and 11b of the stove sections 9a and 9b to ignite. At this time, since the circular cam 16 rotates counterclockwise as shown in FIG. 5, the contact piece 1 of the microswitch 17 is rotated.
The tip of 7a moves from the concave portion 16a of the circular cam 16 to the peripheral surface to push the contact piece 17a, and the micro switch 17 is turned on. Then, the solenoid 23 of the corresponding electromagnetic opening / closing valve 18 is excited, and the valve 18 is opened. As a result, cleaning water is ejected from the nozzle 19, so that the cleaning water flows along the surface of the top plate 2. As described above, the nozzles 19 spray at an angle according to the diameter of the cooking stove portions 9a and 9b used in cooking, and thus will be scattered in proportion to the cooking stove diameter (pot diameter). It corresponds to the range of cooking oil splashes.

Thus, since the wash water continuously flows along the top plate 2 during cooking, the oil droplets scattered during cooking fall on the wash water and immediately flow into the oil gutter 6. That is,
Since the oil is washed away before it solidifies, the top plate 2 can be kept hygienic. The washing water that has flowed down to the oil gutter 6 is drained from the drain pipe 8 through the drop port 7.

As described above, in this example, the cleaning water is supplied to the nozzle 1.
Since it is jetted from 9, compared to the case of washing with a hose as in the conventional case, it does not require human labor,
It has excellent workability. Further, since the wash water is allowed to continuously flow during cooking, the cooking oil drops onto the wash water and does not drop directly onto the top plate 2. Therefore, the oil can be surely removed, and the top plate 2 can be hygienically held. Further, the jetting operation of the wash water starts at the start of cooking and ends at the end of cooking. Therefore, the wash water can be used without waste, and an economical effect can be obtained.

The present invention can be modified in various ways,
The following modifications are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

In the present embodiment, the cleaning water is spouted only from the nozzle 19 corresponding to the cooking stove that is being cooked. For example, in FIG. 1, the top plate 2 is divided into left and right halves. When the stove part belonging to that area is being cooked, all or an appropriate number of nozzles 19 in this area may be activated.

In this example, the nozzle 19 is designed to automatically eject the cleaning water in conjunction with the gas cock 13, but it may be ejected by manual operation.
In this way, the top plate 2 can be washed when desired.

In the present embodiment, the cleaning water is spouted from the nozzle, but the structure may be one in which a hole is simply formed in the pipe as in the conventional case.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cooking device.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a large-diameter stove portion in a broken manner.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a small-diameter stove part in a broken manner.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing the vicinity of an injection nozzle.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a relationship between a cam and a switch.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Cooker main body 2 ... Top plate 9 ... Stove part 15 ... Operator 16 ... Circular cam 17 ... Micro switch 19 ... Nozzle

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A cooker in which a heating / cooking section is arranged on a top plate of a cooker main body, wherein the top plate is provided with an outlet for cleaning liquid for cleaning the top plate, and the outlet is provided at the outlet. Is connected to a valve for opening and closing, and the valve is connected so as to be interlockable with an operating means for the heating and cooking unit.