JPH0919330A - Switch device for kitchen cabinet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve productivity by improving workability and reducing man- hour for working by integrating respective switches at a switch device for kitchen cabinet provided with respective switches for operating an electric cooking stove, ventilating fan and illuminating fixture provided at the main body of a cabinet. SOLUTION: A switch 16A for electric cooking stove, switch 19A for ventilating fan and switch 20A for illuminating fixture are provided on one casing mounted on the main body of the cabinet and wiring among these respective switches 16A, 19A and 20A is provided inside the casing.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a switch device used in a kitchen cabinet integrally provided with an electric stove, a ventilation fan and a lighting fixture.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, sinks, electric hobs, lighting fixtures,
A kitchen cabinet is known in which a cabinet body is integrally provided with a ventilation fan, a storage cabinet, a refrigerator storage section, and the like, and the demand is particularly growing as a kitchen such as a one-room apartment or a two-family home. In such a kitchen cabinet,
Switches for the electric stove, lighting equipment, and ventilation fan are mounted on the front of the cabinet body.

In the conventional kitchen cabinet, the switch of the electric stove is provided in a casing separate from the switches of the lighting fixture and the ventilation fan, and the casing of each switch is attached to each mounting hole formed in the front panel of the cabinet body. After mounting individually, wiring was done between each switch. In addition, these switches are attached by utilizing a space between the electric stove and the refrigerator storage portion.

[0004]

However, since the casing of each switch must be separately and independently attached to the front panel, the number of man-hours required for work is increased and the productivity is poor. Furthermore, the wiring between each switch must be done on the back side of the front panel to hide it from the front side of the cabinet body, but the space on the back side of the front panel is usually very small,
Workability is poor, and productivity cannot be improved even if this is caused.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to improve the workability, reduce the number of work steps, and improve the productivity by integrating the switches.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has taken the following technical means. That is,
The present invention relates to an electric stove 16 provided in the cabinet body 14, a ventilation fan 19, and a switch 16A, 19A, 20A for operating the luminaire 20 in a kitchen cabinet switch device.
A, a ventilation fan switch 19A, and a lighting fixture switch 20A are provided in one casing 22 mounted on the cabinet body 14, and these switches 16A and 19A are provided.
By providing the wiring between the A and 20A inside the casing 22, it is possible to save the labor for wiring between the switches,
The work to install each switch in the cabinet body is made easy, and the man-hours are reduced to improve the productivity.

Further, according to the present invention, the operating portion 19B of the ventilation fan switch 19A and the operating portion 20B of the lighting fixture switch 20A are symmetrically arranged on the left and right sides of the operating portion 16B of the electric stove switch 16A on the front surface of the casing 22. 16A, the electric stove switch 16A is of a multiple position switching type, the ventilation fan switch 19A and the lighting device switch 20A are of a two position switching type, and an operation window 16C into which the respective switch operating portions 16B, 19B, 20B are fitted. , 19
By attaching the front panel 29 having C and 20C to the front side of the casing 22, the heat generation amount of the electric stove 16 can be switched in a plurality of steps, and is shared by both the right sink type cabinet and the left sink type cabinet. In this case, even if the relative positional relationship between the ventilation fan and the lighting device is reversed, if the wiring is connected and the front panel 29 provided with an operation confirmation display is replaced,
This switch device 10 while unifying the operability and appearance
Both of them are shared, and the operability and design are unified at a low cost.

Further, according to the present invention, by providing the power outlets 23 and 24 for connecting the electric stove 16, the ventilation fan 19 and the power plugs 16a and 33 of the lighting fixture 20 on the lower surface side of the casing 22, the electric stove and the refrigerator are generally used. The work of connecting the power plug can be performed easily and quickly from the refrigerator storage section below the switch device arranged in the space between the storage section and the storage section.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 9 shows a left sink type mini kitchen cabinet 11 to which the switch device 10 according to the first embodiment of the present invention is attached. The cabinet 11 includes a cabinet body 14 which is composed of a lower unit 12 and an upper unit 13 and which is divided into upper and lower halves.

On the upper surface of the lower unit 12 of the main body 14, a sink 15 is arranged on the left side and an electric stove 16 is arranged on the right side. Further, on the lower side of the lower unit 12, a storage space for the small refrigerator 17 is provided below the electric stove 16, and a double-open storage box 18 is provided below the sink 15. The electric stove 16 has, for example, 4
A 00W electric heater and a 700W electric heater are provided, and the amount of heat generated can be switched between three levels by turning these electric heaters on and off.

The upper unit 13 of the main body 14 is placed on the upper surface of the lower unit 12, and an exhaust ventilation fan 19 is arranged above the electric stove 16 and above the sink 15 in the upper unit 13. A lighting fixture 20 such as a fluorescent lamp is provided. A shelf 21 is provided on the rear wall of the upper unit 13 above the sink 15. The switches 16A, 19A and 20A for operating the electric stove 16, the ventilation fan 19 and the lighting fixture 20 are arranged on the front surface side of the lower unit 12, and these switches 16
A, 19A, and 20A are front side walls 12 of the lower unit 12.
The switch device 10 according to the present embodiment is provided by being provided in one casing 22 that is mounted in the mounting hole 8 that is elongated in the left-right direction and is provided in a.

That is, the switch device 10 according to the present embodiment.
Includes a casing 22, as shown in FIGS.
The electric stove switch 1 is provided on the front side of the casing 22.
Ventilation fan switch 1 is provided on both left and right sides of the operation unit 16B of 6A.
The operation unit 19B of 9A and the operation unit 20B of the switch 20A for the lighting fixture are arranged symmetrically. On the lower surface side of the casing 22, as shown in FIG.
9 and a collective power outlet 23 for connecting the integrated power plug 33 of the lighting fixture 20, a power outlet 24 for connecting the power plug 16a of the electric stove 16, and the refrigerator 17
A power outlet 25 for connecting the power plug 17a is provided.

As shown in the exploded perspective view of FIG. 7, the casing 22 is a box-shaped casing body 26 having a bottom and a front surface and an upper surface, and a lid body 27 for closing the upper opening of the body 26.
A stopper 28 for slidably engaging the casing body 26 and for attaching the casing body 26 to the cabinet 11, and a cosmetic front panel for covering the front portion of the casing body 26 from the front side of the stopper 28. And 29.

The casing main body 26 is made of a heat-resistant thermosetting resin molded product, and is formed in a box shape elongated in the left-right direction with the front surface and the upper surface opened. The bottom plate 26a of the main body 26 is provided with a mounting hole 30 for the refrigerator power outlet 25 on the left side, and a mounting hole 31 for the electric stove power outlet 24 and a mounting hole 32 for the collective outlet 23 on the right side. These mounting holes 30, 31, 32 are opened downward.

The left and right side plates 26 of the casing body 26
On the outer surface side of b, an elastic locking piece 9 whose front side extends outward in the left and right directions is provided in a front extending shape. The width of the rear end portions of the left and right elastic locking pieces 9 in the left-right direction is determined by the cabinet 1
Mounting hole 8 provided on the front side plate 12a of the lower unit 12 of No. 1
Is slightly smaller than the left-right width of the elastic locking pieces 9, and the left-right width of the front end portions of the left and right elastic locking pieces 9 is larger than the left-right width of the mounting hole 8. By inserting the casing 22 into the mounting hole 8 from the front against the force of generation, the locking piece 9 is attached to the front side plate 1 of the lower unit 12.
The casing 22 is locked to the rear surface of the cabinet 2a, and the casing 22 can be attached to the cabinet body 14 with one touch.
The outer surfaces of the left and right side plates 26b of the casing body 26 are cut out in a substantially concave shape in a plan view across the width of the elastic locking piece 9 in the front-rear direction, and a space for elastic deformation of the locking piece 9 is formed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the collective outlet 23 has a four-terminal structure arranged in a line, and an integrated plug 33 having four leads of the power supply terminals of the ventilation fan 19 and the lighting equipment 20 is one-touch. Are configured to be connected in an equation. The electric hob outlet 24 is
400W electric heaters 34 and 70 built in the electric stove 16
Power terminal to the 0 W electric heater 35, power terminal of the indicator light 36,
Also, it has a six-terminal structure including a ground terminal. The indicator light 36 is for notifying the user that it is in use, and is attached to the front part of the electric stove 16.

The refrigerator outlet 25 has a two-terminal structure to which an AC two-terminal plug 17a of a general refrigerator 17 can be connected. Back plate 37 of casing body 26
On the rear surface side, a vertically long guide groove 39 that guides the main power supply wiring 38 downward from the inside of the main body 26 and a vertical direction that guides the ground wire 40 to the refrigerator 17 from the inside of the main body 26 to the outside downward. Is provided with a long guide groove 41, and the main power supply wire 38 and the ground wire 40 are connected to the guide grooves 39, 4
1, the main power supply wiring 38 and the ground wire 4
It is configured so that 0 does not approach the electric stove 16 side.

A boss portion 42 for fixing the lid body 27 is provided upright on the bottom plate 29 at a plurality of appropriate intervals, and the screw hole 43 provided in the lid body 27 is aligned with the boss hole. Then, the lid 27 can be fixed to the main body 26 by screwing. The stopper 28 is a plate-shaped component for attaching the casing body 26 to the cabinet 11, and is made of the same heat-resistant thermosetting resin as the body 26. Vertical guide grooves 45 formed on the inner surface of the front end of the side plate 44 of the main body 26 are formed on both left and right sides of the stopper 28.
An engaging portion 46 that engages with the engaging portion 46 is formed.
The stopper 28 is attached to the main body 26 by slidingly engaging the guide groove 45 from above.

The stopper 28 has a mounting hole 4 for mounting the electric stove switch operating portion 16B at the center portion in the left-right direction.
6 is provided, and the ventilation fan switch operation unit 19 is provided on the left and right sides.
Mounting holes 47 for mounting the B and the lighting device switch operating portion 20B are provided respectively. In addition, at the left and right ends of the stopper 28, the bracket portion 4 spread to the left and right sides.
8 is formed, and the cabinet 1 is attached to the bracket portion 47.
A mounting hole 48 for mounting and fixing to the No. 1 is formed.
Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the front side wall 12a of the lower unit 12 is fixed so as to be sandwiched between the bracket portion 47 and the elastic locking piece 9.

The electric stove switch 16A mounted in the mounting hole 46 is constituted by a rotary switch of four-position switching type so that the electric stove 16 can be switched among four stages of off, weak, medium and strong. Three contact points 51, 52 of 3,
It is equipped with 53. And when it is in the off position, the first and second
When all the third contacts are disconnected and the operation portion 16B is in the weak position where it is rotated 90 ° counterclockwise from the cut position, only the first contact 51 and the second contact 52 are energized, and the 400W electric heater 34 is connected. When the indicator lamp 36 is activated and the operating portion 16B is rotated 90 ° clockwise from the off position, only the first contact 51 and the third contact 53 are energized to activate the 700 W electric heater 35 and the indicator lamp 36. When the operating portion 16B is rotated 180 ° from the cut position and is in the strong position, the first, second and third positions are set.
400W electric heaters 34, 70
The 0 W electric heater 35 and the indicator lamp 36 are configured to be activated.

Further, the ventilation fan switch 19A and the lighting equipment switch 20A mounted in the mounting hole 47 are of a two-position switching type for turning on and off the ventilation fan 19 or the lighting equipment 20, and each operation of these switches 19A, 20A. Part 19
B and 20B employ a so-called seesaw switch. The front panel 29 is a decorative cover that covers the stopper 28 from the front side, and is made of the same heat-resistant thermosetting resin as the casing body 26. On the front surface of the panel 29, a display such as "ventilation fan", "illumination", or "stove" is provided around each switch operation unit 16B, 19B, 20B.

Each switch 16 is provided on the front panel 29.
Switch operation windows 16C, 19C, 20 for exposing the switch operation portion to positions corresponding to A, 19A, 20A
C is formed, and the peripheral portion is bent backward so as to cover the stopper 28. Further, locking claws 55 that engage with the left and right ends of the stopper 28 in a freely detachable manner are provided at the left and right edges of the bent portion 54, and the front panel 29 can be attached to the stopper 28 with one touch. It is said that.

The main power supply wiring 38 drawn out from the inside of the casing 22 is of a three-wire type including a ground wire,
A plug 60 is provided at the tip of the wiring 38,
The plug is covered with fitting type protective caps 61 and 62 made of heat-resistant insulating synthetic resin. The electric stove 16 is attached and fixed by being fitted from above into a substantially rectangular mounting hole 63 provided in the top plate 12b of the lower unit 12. The top plate 12b is provided on the lower surface of the electric stove 16.
An elastic locking piece 64 that locks on the lower surface side of
The electric stove 16 can be mounted in the mounting hole 63 with one touch.

According to this embodiment, the switch 16A for the electric stove, the switch 19A for the ventilation fan and the switch 20A for the lighting fixture are provided in one casing 22, and the wiring of these switches 16A, 19A, 20A is provided. Since it is already installed inside the casing 22, when the switch device 10 is attached to the cabinet main body 14, the wiring work between the electric stove switch 16A and the ventilation fan switch 19A and the lighting fixture switch 20A is troublesome. Not only can it be omitted, but it can also be made smaller in size as a whole, improving the workability of mounting it in a narrow space between the electric stove 16 and the refrigerator storage space to improve productivity, and a separate casing. Since it is not necessary, the cost can be reduced.

When the electric stove switch 16A, the ventilation fan switch 19A and the lighting fixture switch 20A are integrated as described above, the electric stove switch 16A is usually of a multi-position switching type. 16
The operation unit 16B of A has other switches 19A and 20A.
The operating parts 19B and 20B are different in structure and shape. On the other hand, the cabinet 11 includes the left sink type shown in FIG. 9 and the right sink type shown in FIG. 10 described above, and there is a request to unify the operability and design of both cabinets 11. . That is, in the left sink type and the right sink type, since the left and right arrangements of the ventilation fan 19 and the luminaire 20 are reversed, these switch operation parts 19B and 20B are arranged.
The layout of the electric stove switch operating section 16B in relation to the switch operating sections 19B and 20B needs to be unified, and in the above embodiment, the ventilation line 19 and Lighting fixture 20
By simply reversing the connection wiring to each other and exchanging the front panel 29, the other configurations can be shared as the left sink type and the right sink type, and the operability and design are unified at a low cost. be able to.

Further, since the switch device 10 is usually installed in a narrow space between the electric stove 16 and the refrigerator storage space, the plug 16a of the electric stove 16 and the ventilation fan 19 are provided.
And the integrated plug 33 of the lighting fixture 20 to each outlet 2
It is necessary to insert the hands from the refrigerator storage space below the switch device 10 to connect to the power outlets 3 and 24, but since the power outlets 23 and 24 are provided on the lower surface side of the casing 22, It is possible to easily and quickly connect the power plugs 16a and 33.

12 and 13 show a switch device 10 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the switch operating portion 16B for the electric stove has a casing 22. It is arranged on the right side of the front surface, and the ventilation fan switch operating portion 19B and the lighting equipment switch operating portion 20B are arranged on the left side of the front surface of the casing 22 in a left-right parallel manner, and other configurations are the same. Therefore, the same reference numerals are given and detailed description will be omitted. The side view, the rear view, and the bottom view of the switch device 10 of the present embodiment are the switch device 1 of the first embodiment.
It is substantially the same as 0, except for the differences described above.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and the design can be changed as appropriate.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The switch for the electric stove, the switch for the lighting equipment, and the switch for the ventilation fan can be integrated, and wiring work between each switch can be omitted to facilitate and speed up the work when mounting the switch device in the cabinet. It is possible to reduce the cost by improving the productivity.

In addition, the left sink type cabinet and the right sink type cabinet can be shared, and the operability and the design can be unified at a low cost. Furthermore, the work of connecting the wiring from the refrigerator storage space below the switch device can be performed more easily and quickly.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a switch device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the switch device.

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of the switch device.

FIG. 4 is a rear view of the switch device.

FIG. 5 is a right side view of the switch device.

FIG. 6 is a left side view of the switch device.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of a casing of the switch device.

FIG. 8 is a wiring diagram of the switch device.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a left sink-type cabinet equipped with the same switching device.

FIG. 10 is a front view of a right sink type cabinet equipped with the same switching device.

FIG. 11 is a simplified side cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of the switch device and the electric stove.

FIG. 12 is a front view of a switch device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view of the switch device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Switch Device 11 Kitchen Cabinet 14 Cabinet Main Body 16 Electric Cooktop 16a Electric Cooktop Power Plug 16A Electric Cooktop Switch 16B Electric Cooktop Switch Operation Section 16C Operation Window 19 A Ventilation Fan Switch 19A Ventilation Fan Switch Operation Section 19C Operation Window 20 Lighting Fixture 20A Lighting fixture switch 20B Lighting fixture switch operation unit 20C Operation window 22 Casing 23 Collective power outlet for ventilation fan and lighting fixture 24 Power outlet for electric stove 29 Front panel

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electric stove (16), a ventilation fan (19), and a lighting device (2) provided in a cabinet body (14).
0) Each switch for operation (16A, 19A, 20A)
In a switch device for a kitchen cabinet including: a switch (16A) for an electric stove, a switch (19A) for a ventilation fan, and a switch (20A) for a lighting fixture, one casing (that is attached to a cabinet body (14) ( 22), each of these switches (16A, 19A,
A switch device for a kitchen cabinet, characterized in that wiring between 20A) is provided in the casing (22). 2. The operating portion (19A) of the ventilation fan switch (19A) is provided on the left and right sides of the operating portion (16B) of the electric stove switch (16A) on the front surface of the casing (22).
B) and the operation part (20) of the switch for lighting equipment (20A)
B) and are symmetrically arranged, the switch (16A) for the electric stove is a multi-position switching type, and the switch (19A) for the ventilation fan and the switch (20A) for the lighting equipment are two-position switching type, Each of these switch operating parts (16
B, 19B, 20B) operation window (16C, 19)
The switch device for a kitchen cabinet according to claim 1, wherein a front panel (29) having C, 20C) is attached to a front side of the casing (22). 3. A power outlet (23, 24) for connecting a power stove (16), a ventilation fan (19) and a power plug (16a, 33) of a lighting fixture (20) is provided on a lower surface side of a casing (22). The switch device for a kitchen cabinet according to claim 1 or 2, which is provided.