JPH0744260Y2 - Rice cooker storage - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a rice cooker storage box that can cook rice while the rice cooker is stored.

[Conventional technology and its problems]

The applicant of the present application (Actual application No. 1-124007)
By simply sliding the front plate or back plate, even rice cookers of various shapes and sizes can be stably fixed to the rice cooker holder with one touch in response to this, which is convenient. The steam exhaust port of the rice cooker can be set under the exhaust hood, and the rice cooker storage can be used in a dry condition without dew condensation inside the rice cooker storage box. Durability of the vessel,
We are proposing a rice cooker storage that can ensure safety.

However, in the rice cooker storage according to the above-mentioned application, a net in which the lower edge portion of the steam exhaust port disposed on the upper front side of the rice cooker storage main body is projected on the back side of the exhaust port. Since it is located above the lower edge of the fitting frame,
There is a problem that water drops flow from the exhaust port to the front side of the rice cooker storage cabinet, which is very unsanitary.

The present invention was devised in view of such a current situation, and the purpose thereof is sanitary rice without fear of water droplets flowing out from the exhaust port provided at the front upper part of the rice cooker storage main body. It is intended to provide a container storage.

[Structure for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, a rice cooker storage main body formed in a U-shaped cross section, a door for opening and closing a front opening of the rice cooker storage main body, and the rice cooker storage The rice cooker holder is slidably held in the main body in the front-rear direction, and means for exhausting steam from the rice cooker held in the rice cooker storage cabinet body to the outside of the cooker. In the rice cooker storage consisting of, on the back side of the steam exhaust port formed on the front side upper part of the rice cooker storage main body, a net fitting frame for holding a net covering the steam exhaust port is provided in a protruding manner,
By projecting the lower edge of the mesh fitting frame below the lower edge of the steam exhaust port, the water droplets attached to the mesh are made to flow down to the inside of the rice cooker storage body. It is characterized by that.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

The rice cooker storage according to this embodiment is incorporated in, for example, a storage cabinet (not shown).

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, the rice cooker housing is a rice cooker housing body 1 formed in a U-shaped cross section, and is slidable in the rice cooker housing body 1 in the front-rear direction a. It is composed of the held rice cooker holder 2 and an exhaust device D arranged on the upper part of the rice cooker storage case body 1.

The door 3 is provided with a stay 3a and a spring in the opening 1a on the front side.
It is attached so as to be openable and closable toward the front side of the rice cooker storage body 1 through 3b.

A lower end portion 3c of the stay 3a is fixed to the inner lower edge portion of the door body 3 with a screw or the like, and the other end portion 3d is formed in a substantially V shape.

In the stay 3a thus configured, the middle portion thereof is loosely fitted into the openings 1d formed in the front side flange portions of the rice cooker storage case body 1 and the other end is bent and formed. Department
3d is formed so that it can be locked to the locking pieces 1f attached to both side plates 1e of the rice cooker storage body 1.

In addition, the spring 3b has an end portion which is the stay 3a.
The other end is fixed to the other end 3d, and the other end is locked to a locking body 1g attached to both side plates 1e of the rice cooker storage case body 1. The other end of the spring 3b is locked in one of a plurality of tension adjusting holes (not shown) formed in the locking body 1g to adjust the tension when the door 3 is opened and closed. Is configured to be able to.

By thus supporting the door body 3 via the stay 3a and the spring 3b having the above-mentioned configuration, for example, even if the door body 3 has a heavy weight, the door body 3 is not covered with the rice cooker main body 1 It can be opened and closed quietly in the front-back direction, and as a result, when serving rice, whether it is a right-handed person or a left-handed person, the door does not get in the way and the rice is cooked. Since it is not necessary to prepare two models for right-opening and left-opening as in the conventional case, the economical efficiency is improved. Of course, if the weight of the door body 3 is light,
The spring 3b may be omitted and supported only by the stay 3a.

Further, as shown in FIG. 1, magnet catch receivers 3e are attached to both inner side edges of the door body 3 supported as described above.
At the time of closing the door, it is attached to the magnetic catches 1n attached to the front faces of both sides of the rice cooker storage body 1 and attached so as to maintain the closed state, and the corners of the door body 3 are rounded. In the inner side portion, when the door is closed, the gap between the door body 3 and the rice cooker storage body 1 is kept constant, and the magnet catch 1n and the magnetic catch receiver attached to the rice cooker storage body 1 are held. A plurality of protrusions 3f are provided so as to reduce the impact at the time of adsorption with 3e.

By projecting the protrusion 3f on the inner side portion of the door body 3 in this way, it is possible to greatly reduce the impact when the door body 3 is opened and closed, and as a result, prevent the wear of the plated surface of the magnet catch 1n. It is possible to prevent the generation of rust. Of course, the same effect can be obtained even if the protrusions that perform the above-mentioned action are provided not on the door body 3 side but on the rice cooker housing main body 1 side.

Insect-proof packing P is attached to the inner peripheral surface of the door body 3 thus supported.

The insect-proof packing P has an open part k of the contact bullet piece p.
Is opened and attached toward the outside of the door body 3.

The insect-proof packing P is configured in this manner because, in the conventional insect-proof packing, since the open portion of the contact bullet piece is attached so as to be open toward the inside of the door body, steam or hot air is attached. This is because it is unsanitary because it tends to stay inside the contact bullet piece and creates an environment suitable for breeding insects and the like.

In addition, the front side upper panel A of the rice cooker storage body 1 is provided with an exhaust port 1c formed in a rugged shape,
A net 12 is fitted on the back side of the exhaust port 1c opened on the front side upper panel A, and a hood 13 is arranged on the ceiling side of the rice cooker storage body 1.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, the exhaust port 1c is formed in the lower half portion of the front side upper panel A, and the steam exhausted from the exhaust port 1c is adjacent to another rice cooker storage box. The mesh 12 is configured so as not to go to the door or the frame of the counter, and the mesh 12 is fitted and held by a mesh fitting frame 1h formed so as to project on the back side of the exhaust port 1c.

Water droplets the lower edge frame portion 1h _L of the net fitting frame 1h is disposed below the lower edge opening 1C _L of the exhaust port 1c, thereby, generated when exhausted from the hood 13 Flows into the rice cooker storage body 1 without flowing out from the exhaust port 1c of the rice cooker storage body 1 to the rice cooker storage body side. still,
In this embodiment, since the opening size of the mesh fitting frame 1h is slightly smaller than the size of the mesh 12, it is possible to fit and lock the mesh 12 into the mesh fitting frame 1h without using a retainer. However, it is also possible to fix the net 12 using a retainer (not shown) without the above configuration.

With this configuration, the water droplets flow down the net 12 from the lower edge frame portion 1h _{L of} the net fitting frame 1h to the upper surface side of the hood 13, and the heat of the hood 13 heated by the steam. Since the water droplets are dried by, for example, the water drops do not flow down to the front side of the rice cooker housing main body 1 and can always be used sanitarily.

As shown in FIG. 5, a net 1j used for an intake hole 1m (see FIG. 1) provided on the upper side of the front side upper panel A is provided on the upper side of the front side upper panel A and on the rear side thereof. A wedge-shaped groove 1k that is press-fitted and locked is formed, so that the number of mesh retainers is reduced to simplify the number of mounting steps and reduce the cost.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the hood 13 has a wide lower end opening 13a formed to cover the upper portion of the rice cooker S, and the narrow upper end opening thereof is It is connected to an exhaust passage 14 arranged above the hood 13 so as to communicate therewith.

The exhaust passage 14 is configured such that the tip thereof communicates with the exhaust port 1c, and the rear end thereof communicates with the upper end opening of the hood 13, and at the exhaust port 1c side of the exhaust passage 14. Is provided with a fan motor 15.

The attachment / detachment of the fan motor 15 is performed by the front side upper panel A.
After removing the screw, the screws B ₁ , B ₂ and B ₃ shown in FIG. 5 can be attached and detached, which can be performed from the front side of the rice cooker storage cabinet body 1. To be simplified.

On the other hand, the lower end side opening 13a of the hood 13 is formed with a drain groove 13c bent in a substantially J shape, and water droplets attached to the inner surface of the hood 13 are discharged from the drain groove 13c to FIG. As shown, connect the tube 16b to the rice cooker cabinet 1
It is housed in a tank 16 arranged on the left inner side of the.

In this tank 16, a bullet holding piece (not shown) formed by cutting and raising on the back side of the holder 16a is inserted into a hole (not shown) formed in the left inner wall surface of the rice cooker storage main body 1 Since it is detachably attached, cleaning can be easily performed, and the attachment is also easy.

On the right side of the hood 13, as shown in FIG.
A controller C in which a timer function and the like are set is provided, and one side of the controller C is a hood.
A protective support member E is fixed to the upper part of 13 and the other end is fixed to the inner wall of the right side of the rice cooker storage case body 1 with a screw so as to define the periphery thereof.

In this way, the controller C is provided in the upper part of the hood 13 rather than in the rice cooker storage body 1 (inside the rice cooker storage portion), and the steam generated from the rice cooker S is defined by the protective support member E. This is to prevent the expensive controller C from being damaged by the above.

On the right side wall surface of the rice cooker storage main body 1, as shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 9, the rice cooker S is powered on.
A switch SW for turning off and a power supply casing 18 in which an outlet 17 is vertically arranged and housed are locked.

The switch SW supplies or cuts off the power supplied from a power outlet provided on a wall or the like to the rice cooker S by relaying the outlet 17 from the switch SW. By providing the switch SW, If there is a risk of damage to the control unit, etc. described later, such as when lightning occurs or when there is a long absence, it is possible to easily protect damage to the expensive control unit etc. by turning off the switch SW. it can. Of course, the switch SW can be mounted not only in the rice cooker storage case body 1 as in the above embodiment, but also at another position, for example, the front side upper panel A or the like.

Further, the outlet 17 is arranged so that the plug insertion openings are arranged side by side, so that when the power plug (not shown) of the rice cooker S is inserted, the power cord of the rice cooker S is not twisted. It is configured.

On the other hand, in the power supply casing 18, the locking piece 18a protruding from the upper end portion is inserted and locked into the opening 1q formed in the right side wall of the rice cooker storage case main body 1, and the lower end portion thereof is locked. The screw 18c screwed into the screw hole of the protruding fastening piece 18b
It is attached to the right side wall of the rice cooker storage main body 1 via the above, and is configured so that the power supply casing 18 can be easily attached and detached with the screw 18c.

The power supply casing 18 has the length of the power cord when the rice cooker S is placed on the rice cooker holder 2 and is pulled out to the front side, and the rice cooker S is placed on the rice cooker holder 2 to cook rice. Attached to the upper part of the right inner wall of the rice cooker storage body 1 where the length of the power cord is exactly the same when stored in the rice cooker storage body 1, the power cord does not sag, and the power cord is the rice cooker. Care is taken not to be bitten by the holder 2.

The rice cooker holder 2 is formed with a concave vertical cross section, the rice cooker S can be fixed to the substantially central upper surface of the main body 21, and the steam exhaust port (not shown) of the rice cooker S has the hood 13. It is configured so that it can be positioned directly below.

That is, the main body 21 of the rice cooker holder 2 is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, a front plate 24, a rear plate 25, and both side plates 26, 27.
And the bottom plate 28 are assembled into a flat rectangular shape.

In this way, by forming the rice cooker holder 2 into a concave shape in the vertical cross section, the tank 16 and the power supply casing 18 are located right above the both side plates 26 and 27, and the rice cooker S is housed therein. Since the rice cooker holder 2 is located outside the housing portion, the rice cooker S can be stored smoothly, and the tank 16 and the power supply casing 18 are not damaged when the rice cooker holder 2 is taken in and out. .

The bottom plate 28 of the rice cooker holder 2 configured as described above is provided with removable stoppers 22a and 22b and a groove 28a formed in the bottom plate 28.
Stopper 22c slidably and fixedly attached to
Is provided.

These stoppers 22a, 22b, 22c are, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, when the outer peripheral surface of the rice cooker S has a roundness, the outer peripheral surface of the rice cooker S is projected to the stoppers 22a, 22b. Guess
Further, the stopper 22c is slid until it comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rice cooker S, and then is rotated and fixed, whereby the rice cooker S can be fixed to the substantially central portion of the rice cooker holder 2. .

If the rice cooker S is formed in a rectangular tube shape,
As shown in Fig. 11, remove the stoppers 22a and 22b,
By sliding the stopper 22c until it comes into contact with the outer peripheral surface of the rice cooker S and then rotating and fixing the stopper 22c, the square tubular rice cooker S can be stored in the rice cooker holder 2.

On the other hand, when the rice cooker S is large and the outer peripheral surface is round, the outer peripheral surface of the rice cooker S is abutted against the stoppers 22a and 22b and the stopper 22c is removed, as shown in FIG. Thus, the rice cooker S can be stored in the rice cooker holder 2.

When the rice cooker S is large and formed in a rectangular tube shape, as shown in FIG. 13, by removing the stoppers 22a, 22b and the stopper 22c, the rice cooker S is attached to the rice cooker holder. It can also be stored in 2.

Therefore, in this embodiment, most of the rice cookers can be easily accommodated by sliding the stopper 22c or attaching / detaching the stoppers 22a, 22b and the stopper 22c.

In addition, the bottom plate 28 and the rear plate 25 of the rice cooker holder 2 are
If a plurality of exhaust holes 28b are formed through the front side and the rear side, respectively, and the rice cooker S held by the rice cooker holder 2 is equipped with a cooling fan (not shown), the rice cooker The cooling air sent from the S cooling fan is exhausted from the exhaust holes 28b to the outside through the plurality of cooling air exhaust holes 1r provided on the back plate of the rice cooker storage case body 1. .

Since the plurality of exhaust holes 28b are formed in the bottom plate 28 and the rear plate 25 of the rice cooker holder 2 as described above, even if the rice cooker S to be stored is equipped with a cooling fan, It is possible to effectively prevent the warm air blown up by the fan from locally drying the hood 13 and causing water droplets flowing on the surface of the hood 13 to become large droplets and drip on the drying surface.

Further, on the left front side of the left side plate 27 and the bottom plate 28, as shown in FIG. 14, holes 27a, 28c for inserting the leg pieces 31 and the locking pieces 32 of the scooping stand 30 are formed. In this way, by making the scooping stand 30 insertable, the scooping stand 30 can be easily attached / detached and cleaned, and the scooping stand 30 can be attached to a position that does not interfere with the storage of the rice cooker S or the like. .

As shown in FIG. 1, the rice cooker holder 2 configured as described above has slide rails 32 arranged on both sides thereof.
And the guide rail 31 fixed to the inner wall surface of the rice cooker storage chamber of the rice cooker storage main body 1 are slid in the front-back direction.

In addition, in this embodiment, since the stay 3a exposed when the door is opened is attached so as to be located above the slide rail 32 of the rice cooker holder 2, the power source of the rice cooker S is opened and closed when the door is opened and closed. The cord is not caught between the door body 3 and the rice cooker storage body 1, and the power cord can be effectively prevented from being damaged.

Further, in this invention, when the rice cooker storage according to the above embodiment is used by being stored in, for example, a rice cooker storage provided with other counter tops, it is provided with a counter top although not shown. The counter is constructed by fitting the power outlet or the plug portion of the power cord arranged in the rice cooker storage into the hole formed in the back plate of the rice cooker storage according to the above embodiment. The depth dimension of the top can be reduced, and as a result, the rice cooker storage including the countertop can be downsized.

[Effect of device]

The rice cooker storage according to the present invention is, as described above,
The lower edge portion of the steam exhaust port disposed on the upper front side of the rice cooker storage main body is disposed below the lower edge portion of the mesh fitting frame projecting on the back side of the exhaust port. Therefore, there is an excellent effect that water drops do not flow out from the exhaust port to the front surface side of the rice cooker storage cabinet body, which is hygienic.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a rice cooker storage according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of the rice cooker storage, FIG. 3 is a right side view of the rice cooker storage, and FIG. Figure is a plan view of the rice cooker storage, Figure 5 is an enlarged sectional view of the front side upper panel of the rice cooker storage, Figure 6 is a sectional view of insect repellent packing attached to the door, and Figure 7 is a controller. FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view showing a mounting state of a power outlet, FIG. 9 is a sectional view showing a mounting state of the power outlet, and FIGS. 10 to 13 are various sizes. FIG. 14 is an explanatory plan view showing the stored state of the rice cooker, and FIG. 14 is an exploded perspective view showing the attached state of the rice scooping stand. [Explanation of symbols] A …… Front side upper panel, S …… Rice cooker 1 …… Rice cooker storage, 1c …… Steam exhaust port 1c _L …… Lower edge of exhaust port, 1h …… Mesh fitting Frame 1h _L …… Lower edge of mesh fitting frame 1n …… Magnet catch 1r …… Cooling air exhaust hole 2 …… Rice cooker holder 3 …… Door body, 3a …… Stay 3e …… Magnet catch receiver 3f ...... Protrusion, 28b …… Exhaust hole 22a, 22b, 22c …… Stopper

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A rice cooker storage case main body having a U-shaped cross section, a door for opening and closing a front opening of the rice cooker storage case main body, and a longitudinally slidable inside the rice cooker storage case main body. A rice cooker storage comprising a held rice cooker holder and means for exhausting steam from the rice cooker held in the rice cooker storage main body to the outside of the rice cooker storage, On the back side of the steam exhaust port formed on the front side upper part of the rice cooker housing main body, a net fitting frame for holding a net covering the steam exhaust port is provided in a protruding manner, and a lower edge portion of the net fitting frame. By projecting below the lower edge of the steam exhaust port, the water droplets adhering to the net are made to flow down into the inside of the rice cooker housing main body. .