JPH09224763A - Buffet - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a buffet with an open space in which cooking apparatus such as rice cooker is set and used more comfortably, preventing dew drop inside by exhausting cooking heat and steam. SOLUTION: A buffet 1 comprises a lower closet 5, an open space 7, a table 8 on which a rice cooker 9 is set, and an upper cupboard 6. In the depth of the table 8 is equipped a ventilator 20 consisting of a face board 21 with an aspirating hole 31 and a cross-flow fan 23 driven by an electric motor. The ventilator 20 is freely set so as to blow upward the air from the cross flow fan 23 in the depth of the open space 7, together with the heat and steam coming from the rice cooker 9 along the bottom of the lower cupboard 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to furniture that can be used while a cooking device such as a rice cooker is placed on it, and more specifically, it can remove steam and smoke generated when the cooking device is used. The present invention relates to a furniture structure capable of preventing dew condensation due to condensation of steam or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 62-20804 and Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 5-27073 disclose an air suction port and an air inlet in a cabinet which can accommodate electric heating equipment such as a rice cooker and whose front is covered with an opening / closing door. It has been proposed to provide a discharge port and arrange a ventilation fan in the cabinet to forcibly discharge steam generated in the cabinet to the outside.

However, in this configuration, the electric heating device such as a rice cooker must be housed in a closed cabinet, and the cabinet must be used to determine the usage state of the electric heating device (for example, the cooked state of rice). It is inconvenient to handle because it is necessary to open the front opening / closing door and look at it, or look into it through the monitoring window provided on the opening / closing door. In order to eliminate this inconvenience, as a furniture on which cooking utensils can be placed, according to Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 62-8759, the lower part of the storage furniture main body is covered with an opening / closing door that can be opened and closed, and a pot, etc. Is a lower storage part that can store the above items, and a mounting table on which a rice cooker or the like can be mounted is provided on the upper surface of the lower storage part, and a front opening and closing is provided on the intermediate shelf board above the mounting table. It is disclosed that an upper storage portion with a freely openable door is arranged.

In this structure, the back plate and the left and right side plates of the storage furniture main body are arranged above the mounting table.
It has been proposed to provide a steam avoiding body that can be horizontally drawn out forward of the opening / closing door at the lower end of the upper storage portion above the intermediate shelf while forming the through hole.

[0005]

However, in the above structure, even if the through hole is provided, the steam accumulated in the area surrounded by the left and right side plates, the back plate and the intermediate shelf plate on the mounting table is natural. We could not solve the problem that the steam could not be positively discharged to the outside simply by going out by convection, so that dew condensation occurred on the inner surface of each plate, and each plate was corroded or dirt was easily attached. .

According to the present invention, cooking equipment such as a rice cooker can be handled very easily, and steam can be positively discharged from the storage space in which the cooking equipment is placed to the outside to prevent dew condensation. It is intended to provide.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the furniture according to claim 1 has a mounting table for mounting a cooking appliance such as an electric heating appliance below the upper storage portion of the furniture main body. At least a front open work space portion is formed, and a ventilation device for discharging air toward the lower surface of the upper storage portion is provided on the back side of the upper surface of the mounting table.

The invention described in claim 2 is the same as claim 1.
In the furniture according to, the ventilation device is configured by a frame body installed on the upper surface of the mounting table in front of a back plate standing on the rear end of the mounting table, and a ventilation fan arranged in the frame body,
The frame is provided with a connecting means that is detachably attached to the mounting table. Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the furniture according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein air is introduced into the ventilation device from an air suction port that opens at least in front of the frame body, The air is discharged upward from the discharge portion.

On the other hand, in the furniture of the invention according to claim 4, the furniture main body includes a lower storage part, an upper storage part, a mounting table on the upper surface side of the lower storage part, and the mounting table and the lower surface of the upper storage part. It is configured to have a work space part having an open front surface for placing at least cooking equipment such as electric heating equipment between them, and a ventilation device is provided in the lower storage part, and the lower storage part and the mounting table are A discharge port for discharging the air in the lower storage portion to the working space is provided, while an air suction port is provided at an appropriate place in the lower storage portion.

[0010]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open cupboard 1 as an example of kitchen storage furniture, and FIG. 2 is II of FIG.
FIG. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken along the line III-III of FIG. 1, and FIG. The open cupboard 1 of this embodiment comprises a lower storage part 5, an upper storage part 6, and a front open work space part 7 formed between the storage parts 5, 6.
The upper storage portion 6 is surrounded by the left and right side plates 2 and 2, a lower plate 16, a top plate 3, and a back plate 4. The working space 7 is formed by providing the mounting table 8 connected to the left and right side plates 2 and 2 below the lower surface plate 16. In addition, on the front surface of the upper storage part 6, a hinged door 1 whose inside can be observed with a glass plate
3, and a shelf 14 divides the interior into upper and lower parts.

Items such as an electric rice cooker 9 as a cooking device such as an electric heating device can be placed on the placing table 8 placed on the upper surface plate 15 of the lower accommodating section 5, and on the placing table 8. It can be cooked in. The lower storage portion 5 includes a front opening / closing door 10 for storing kitchen utensils and the like, a drawer 11 and a pull-out auxiliary table plate 12 above the drawer 11.

Next, it is provided on the back side of the upper surface of the mounting table 8 described above.
The configuration of the ventilation device 20 for discharging the air toward the lower surface plate 16 of the upper storage portion 6 will be described. 1 to 5
As shown in FIG. 1, the ventilation device 20 of the first embodiment includes a front plate 21.
And a left and right side plates 22, 22, a cross-flow fan 23 as a ventilation fan mounted on the back side of the frame, that is, the back surface of the front plate 21 in the left-right longitudinal direction, and the cross-flow fan 23. It is composed of a safety cover body 24 made of wire mesh or the like for covering the outer circumference. The left and right long fins 25 of the cross flow fan 23 are attached to the discs (not shown) on the left and right sides,
The center shafts 30 of the left and right disks are rotatably supported by the side case 26 via bearings (not shown), and one of the center shafts is connected to the electric motor 27. Then, it is driven to rotate.

Between the left and right cases 26, 26 (only one of which is shown in FIG. 5) screwed to the rear surface of the front plate 21, the front plate 2 extends from the rearward air inlet portion 28a to the upward outlet 28b.
1 has a guide plate 28 arranged close to the back surface side of the cross flow fan 23 along the outer circumference of the cross flow fan 23, and a baffle plate 29 on the upper outer circumference of the cross flow fan 23.
When the fin 25 is rotated clockwise (direction of arrow A),
Air is sucked from the air inlet portion 28a and discharged upward from the outlet 2b.

In this case, if the air suction port 31 is formed in the front surface of the front plate 21 such as the lower end of the left and right central portions, the working space portion is formed as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5. 7, new air is sucked from the lower front side to the rear surface side of the frame body, and the air flow emitted from the upper rear surface side (air release portion) of the frame body of the ventilation device 20 is substantially along the front surface of the back plate 4 in the working space portion 7. As a result, the airflow that is blown up toward the lower surface plate 16 of the upper storage portion 6 and collides with the lower surface plate 16 and becomes substantially horizontal is discharged outside while spreading in the front and left and right sides of the working space 7. Therefore, an air curtain is formed along the inner surface of the work space portion 7 (the upper surface of the mounting table 8, the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 2 and 2 and the lower surface of the lower surface plate 16) by the suction and discharge air flows. The air accumulated in the space 7 is also discharged to the front of the open cupboard 1, so that the steam 32 coming out of the electric rice cooker 9 on the mounting table 8 adheres to the inner surface of the work space 7 to cause dew condensation. Instead, it is quickly discharged in front of the open cupboard 1.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a part of the ventilation device 20 surrounded by a frame body in a plan view, the rear side of the mounting table 8 and the top plate 15 of the lower storage part 5. In addition, a communication hole 33 is formed in the lower housing portion 5 and an appropriate portion of the lower storage portion 5 (open / close door 10, side plate, back plate, or all).
If an air inlet (not shown) is provided in the
At 0, the air in the lower storage portion 5 can also be released to the outside through the work space portion 7, which has the effect of removing odors, moisture, etc. in the lower storage portion 5.

An embodiment of a connecting means 35 for connecting the frame of the ventilation device 20 to the mounting table 8 in a detachable manner is shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. That is, the left and right side plates 22 and 22 of the frame body are communicated with the insertion hole 36, which extends downward in parallel with the surface of the frame body, and which is open at the lower end.
In addition, a circular mounting hole 37 opened on the surface of each side plate 22.
And. On the other hand, the connecting rod 39 screwed into the nut 38 embedded in the mounting table 8 is projected to the upper surface side of the mounting table 8 so as to be inserted into the insertion hole 36. The connecting rod 39 has at least an upper thin neck portion 39a and a locking head portion 39b at an upper end thereof, and the upper portions of the thin neck portion 39a and the locking head portion 39b face the mounting hole 37. To do.

The rotary fastening body 40, which is fitted into the mounting hole 37 and locked to the connecting rod 39, has a substantially hollow disk shape and is one of the left and right side plates 40a and 40b. One side plate 40a is formed with a substantially crescent-shaped notch opening 40c into which the locking head 3b of the connecting rod 39 can be inserted into the rotary fastening body 40, and the other side plate 40b is provided with a driver or the like. A tool insertion hole 40d is formed. The left and right side plates 40a, 40b are provided on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary fastening body 40.
A groove 40e communicating with the notch opening 40c is provided in the inner peripheral direction of the groove 40e over an arc length as appropriate.
The wall thickness between the outer peripheral surface and the inner peripheral surface at the location is the thinnest at the location of the cutout opening 40c, and becomes an eccentric inner peripheral cam surface that gradually becomes thicker as it goes away from this. Form.

Then, by the rotation of the rotation fastening body 40,
After the under-neck portion (narrow neck portion 39a) of the locking head 39b of the connecting rod 39 inserted through the cutout opening 40c is fitted into the groove 40e, the connecting rod 39 is moved toward the center of the rotary fastening body 40. It is configured so that it can be pulled and fastened. The reference numeral 41 shown by a chain double-dashed line in FIG.
It is a cap made of a soft synthetic resin or the like for closing the. The connecting means is not limited to this, and may have a structure of screwing.

A switch 42 for turning on / off the electric motor 27 and a power source for electric products such as the electric rice cooker 9 and other electric heating devices are provided on the frame of the ventilation device 20, preferably the front plate 21. A connector 43 is provided. Further, a separate connector 44 may be provided on the back plate or the like of the open cupboard 1. As a second embodiment of the ventilation device, at least a cooking device such as an electric heating device is placed between the mounting table 8 on the upper surface side of the lower storage part 5 and the lower surface plate 16 of the upper storage part 6 in the open cupboard 1. Front open work space 7
The upper storage panel 15 of the lower storage part 5 and the mounting table 8 are provided with the air inside the lower storage part 5 at the location shown in FIGS. 2 and 3 on the back side thereof. A discharge port (communication hole 33) for discharging to the portion 7 is formed, while a ventilation such as a cross flow fan having the same structure as that described above is provided at an appropriate portion of the lower storage part, preferably in the vicinity of the discharge port (communication hole 33). The device is fixed, the opening / closing door 10 of the lower storage part 6 and the drawer 11
Provide an air suction port in the gap between the side and the side plate.

According to this structure, as in the above-described embodiment, the air flow discharged upward from the discharge port via the cross flow fan rises substantially along the front surface of the back plate 4 in the working space portion 7, and the upper portion. The airflow blown out toward the lower surface plate 16 of the storage portion 6 and colliding with the lower surface plate 16 to become a substantially horizontal direction flows outward while spreading to the front and left and right sides of the working space portion 7. Therefore, an air curtain is formed along the inner surface of the work space portion 7 (the upper surface of the mounting table 8, the inner surfaces of the left and right side plates 2 and 2 and the lower surface of the lower surface plate 16) by the suction and discharge air flows. The air accumulated in the space 7 is also discharged to the front of the open cupboard 1, so that the steam 32 coming out of the electric rice cooker 9 on the mounting table 8 adheres to the inner surface of the work space 7 to cause dew condensation. There is an effect that it is quickly released to the front of the open cupboard 1.

Further, according to this embodiment, since the ventilation device such as the cross flow fan is installed in the lower storage part 5 which cannot be seen from the outside of the open cupboard, the appearance is good and the inside of the lower storage part 5 is good. It is possible to efficiently remove such odors and moisture. As another embodiment of the ventilation device, as shown in FIG. 8, a cross flow fan 51 and an electric motor 52 as described above are arranged in a case 50 made of synthetic resin or the like, and air suction is performed on the front surface of the case 50. An opening 53 is formed in the rear portion of the upper surface of the case, and an air outlet 54 is formed in the rear portion of the upper surface of the case. Further, the case 50 has an ON / O switch for the electric motor 52.
Switch 55 for FF and connector 5 for other electric products
6 is provided. The case 50 may have a shape such as a flat rectangular shape having a short depth and a high height.

When the case 50 as described above is placed on the placing table 8 on the back side of the working space 7 and is operated, the air sucked from the air suction port 53 is discharged into the cross flow fan 51.
The air can be blown out from the air discharge port 54 to the upper side of the work space portion 7 through the, and the steam discharged from the electric rice cooker 9 on the mounting table 8 can be quickly discharged to the front of the work space portion 7 as described above. You can In addition, since the case 50 of this embodiment can be installed at any place of the mounting table 8, the mounting position can be arbitrarily selected on the mounting table 8 in the vicinity of cooking equipment such as electric heating equipment, and a large amount of steam is generated. Since the air can be released by approaching the place where it comes out, the effect of preventing dew condensation is also improved.

[0023]

As described above, the furniture according to the first aspect of the invention has at least a front opening, which has a mounting table for mounting a cooking appliance such as an electric heating device under the upper housing portion of the furniture main body. A work space is formed in a rectangular shape, and a ventilation device for discharging air toward the lower surface of the upper storage portion is provided on the inner side of the upper surface of the mounting table.

Therefore, since the front open work space is formed in the furniture main body, cooking equipment such as electric heating equipment on the mounting table can be handled from the front open portion, and it is extremely easy to discharge from the ventilation device. Since the air is exhausted from the back side of the work space part to the front side of the furniture main body along the lower surface of the upper storage part, steam generated in the work space part is quickly and positively discharged to the outside of the furniture main body, This has the effect of eliminating the inconvenience of steam dew condensation on the inner surface of the work space, and dirt.

The invention described in claim 2 is the first invention.
In the furniture according to, the ventilation device is configured by a frame body installed on the upper surface of the mounting table in front of a back plate standing on the rear end of the mounting table, and a ventilation fan arranged in the frame body,
The frame is provided with a connecting means that is detachably attached to the mounting table. As described above, since the ventilation device is composed of the frame body and the ventilation fan inside thereof, the frame body functions as a guide for guiding the discharged air from the back side of the working space portion to the lower surface of the upper storage portion. it can. In addition, since the frame is configured to be attachable to and detachable from the mounting table by the connecting means, it is possible to remove the frame together with the ventilation device when the ventilation device is not needed, and to widely use the mounting table.

Further, the invention according to claim 3 is the furniture according to claim 1 or 2, wherein air is introduced into the ventilation device from an air suction port opened at least in front of the frame body, The air is discharged upward from the air discharge portion of the body. From this, the air that is sucked in passes through the upper surface of the mounting table, and the air that is discharged goes out of the furniture main body from the back side of the work space along the lower surface of the upper storage part to create an air curtain by the work space. It is formed on the inner surface of the part, and steam is less likely to stay inside the working space, and steam can be quickly discharged to the outside.

On the other hand, in the furniture of the invention described in claim 4, the furniture main body comprises a lower storage part, an upper storage part, a mounting table on the upper surface side of the lower storage part, and the mounting table and the lower surface of the upper storage part. It is configured to have a work space part having an open front surface for placing at least cooking equipment such as electric heating equipment between them, and a ventilation device is provided in the lower storage part, and the lower storage part and the mounting table are A discharge port for discharging the air in the lower storage portion to the working space is provided, while an air suction port is provided at an appropriate place in the lower storage portion.

According to this structure, the air drawn into the lower storage portion is discharged from the discharge port to the work space portion, so that steam generated in the work space portion can be quickly discharged to the furniture main body, and at the same time, the lower storage portion can be discharged. It has the effect of removing odors and moisture inside the unit. Further, since the ventilation device is arranged in the lower storage part, the appearance is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an open cupboard.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line II-II of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of a main part taken along the line III-III of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the first embodiment of the ventilation device.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line VV of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a connecting means.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line VII-VII of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment of a ventilation device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Open cupboard 5 Lower storage part 6 Upper storage part 7 Working space part 8 Working table 9 Electric rice cooker 20 Ventilation device 21 Front plate 23 Cross flow fan 31 Air suction port

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. Below the upper storage portion of the furniture body,
At least a front open work space portion having a mounting table for mounting a cooking appliance such as an electric heating device is formed, and air is discharged toward the lower surface of the upper storage portion on the upper back side of the mounting stand. Furniture that is equipped with a ventilation device for. 2. The ventilation device comprises a frame body installed on the upper surface of the mounting table in front of a back plate standing on the rear end of the mounting table, and a ventilation fan arranged in the frame body. The furniture according to claim 1, wherein the body is provided with a connecting means that is detachably attached to the mounting table. 3. The ventilation device is configured so that air is introduced from an air suction port that opens at least in front of the frame body and the air is discharged upward from an air discharge portion of the frame body. The furniture according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A furniture main body, a lower storage part, an upper storage part, a mounting table on the upper surface side of the lower storage part, and at least cooking equipment such as an electric heating device mounted between the mounting table and the lower surface of the upper storage part. And a ventilation device provided in the lower storage part, and the lower storage part and the mounting table are provided with air in the lower storage part. The furniture is characterized in that an air suction port is provided at an appropriate place in the lower storage portion while providing a discharge port for discharging the air.