JPH09269130A - Oven toaster - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate arrangement of a grill by a method wherein a holding member arranged at the other end of a grill and removably engaged with a slide shaft is arranged on the back of the grill throughout a range of one side of the grill to the other part. SOLUTION: A grill 17 is provided on the back of a rear 17b with a holding member 19 removably engaged with a slide shaft. The holding member 19 is formed of a wire rod, such as a wire, a terminal end is fixed at the grill 17 through spot welding, and arranged throughout a range of from the left side to the right side of the grill 17. An opening 20 bent approximately in an L-shape and pointing to a front is formed between a front end 19b and the back of the grill 17, and the slide shaft is insertably formed through an opening 20. This constitution, when opening operation of a door 7 is effected, horizontally moves the grill 17 through an engaging piece 18 in linkage therewith, also moves forward the slide shaft togetherwith the holding member 19, and facilitates input and output of a food.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an oven toaster, and particularly to an oven toaster that moves in conjunction with opening and closing of a heating chamber door.
The present invention relates to a detachable grill mounting structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, as an oven toaster of this type, there is one disclosed in, for example, JP-A-3-241237. In these conventional oven toasters, the grill is movable in the front-rear direction in conjunction with the opening and closing of the door. The mesh is placed on and engaged with the sliding shaft, and the mesh can be freely taken in and out in association with the opening / closing operation of the door.

On the left and right sides of such a grill, there are formed holding members which can be easily and removably engaged with the sliding shaft.

[0004]

However, in the oven toaster as described above, when the grill is installed in the heating chamber, first, the holding member formed behind the grill is engaged with the sliding shaft. However, the mounting position of the holding member is at the rear end of the grill, and the sliding shaft is also pulled by the spring member and is located deep inside the heating chamber.
Accurately engaging the holding member with the sliding shaft is extremely difficult, and if the left and right holding members of the grill cannot be engaged with the sliding shaft, either of the holding members provided on the left and right There was a problem that only one side was engaged with the sliding shaft and the grill was installed diagonally. Further, in order to eliminate such a problem, when the holding member is formed in only one place in the center of the grill, the problem that the grill is installed diagonally is solved, but the force acting on the sliding shaft There is a risk that the sliding shaft may be bent from that portion by concentrating on one point.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide an oven toaster in which a grill can be easily installed.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a heating chamber for heating and cooking food, a door for opening and closing a front opening of the heating chamber, locking pieces formed at lower portions on both sides of the rear surface of the door, and One end is detachably connected to the locking piece, and it consists of a grill that slides back and forth in the heating chamber in conjunction with opening and closing of the door, and arcuate slits are formed on the left and right side walls forming the heating chamber. In this slit, a sliding shaft having both ends slidably locked is provided, and a holding member that is detachably engaged with the sliding shaft is provided at the other end of the grill, and In the oven toaster that moves the sliding shaft together with the grill, the holding member is provided on the back surface of the grill from one side of the grill to the other side.

Further, an elastic member for constantly urging the sliding shaft rearward is provided, and an opening portion forward of the grill is formed in the holding member, and the sliding shaft is inserted and removed through the opening portion. It was made possible.

Further, the holding member is composed of a plate member having a substantially L-shaped cross section. Further, the holding member is made of wire.

[0009]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An oven toaster according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be described in detail below. FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an oven toaster according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view seen from a heating chamber, FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view with a grill removed, and FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the grill.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a main body of an oven toaster, a heating chamber 2 for accommodating food is formed therein, and a heater 11 to be described later is provided on the side of the heating chamber.
A machine room 3 is provided in which control means for controlling the above is installed. An operation panel 6 provided with various operation buttons 4, a timer lever 5 and the like is provided on the front surface corresponding to the machine room. Reference numeral 7 denotes a vertically opening type door, which is provided in front of the heating chamber 2 and is pivotally supported so as to be openable and closable so as to cover an opening 8 through which food is taken in and out.
Reference numeral 9 is a handle provided on the upper portion of the door 7, and 10 is a window made of heat resistant glass for looking into the heating chamber. Next, in FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 11 is a heater provided above and below the heating chamber 2 for heating food. The heater 11 has a structure in which energization is controlled by a temperature control means (not shown), such as a thermostat, so that the ambient temperature in the heating chamber 2 is maintained at a predetermined temperature. 12 is a reflector formed continuously from the top plate to the back plate,
Reference numeral 13 is a waste tray, and 14 is a substantially arcuate slit formed on the left and right sidewalls of the heating chamber 2. Reference numeral 15 denotes a sliding shaft that locks both left and right ends of the slit 14 and is slidably guided forward and backward by the slit 14, and the left and right ends are outside the left and right side walls 2a and 2b of the heating chamber. It is projected toward. One end of a spring 16 serving as an elastic member is connected to the protruding portion, and the other end of the spring 16 is locked to the main body 1. Thereby, the sliding shaft 1
5 is always urged to the rear side of the heating chamber, and in a state where a grill 17 described later is not installed,
As shown in FIG. 3, the sliding shaft 15 is attracted to the spring 16 and is positioned on the inner side of the slit 14 in the heating chamber. Next, in FIG. 4, reference numeral 17 is a grill for placing the food to be heated, which is formed in a net-like shape by welding a plurality of bars 17a. This grill 17 is arranged between the heaters 11 and near the center of the heating chamber 2, and
7b is placed on the sliding shaft 15, and the front side 17c is detachably connected to a locking piece 18 formed on the back surface of the door 7,
It is configured to move back and forth in the heating chamber 2 in conjunction with the opening / closing operation of the door 7. Also, the grill 1
7, a holding member 19 that is detachably engaged with the sliding shaft 15 is provided on the rear surface of the rear 17b. The holding member 19 is made of a wire material such as wire, and the end portion 19a is fixed to the grill by spot welding or the like, and is provided from the left side 17d to the right side 17e of the grill. Then, it is bent into a substantially L shape, and an opening 20 is formed forward between the front end 19b and the back surface of the grill, and the sliding shaft 15 is configured to be insertable and removable through the opening 20. ing. As a result, when the door 7 is opened, the grill 17 interlocks with the locking piece 18 and horizontally moves in the forward direction, and together with the holding member 19, the sliding shaft 1 moves.
5 also moves forward so that food can be taken in and out easily. On the other hand, when the closing operation of the door 7 is performed, the sliding shaft 15 is biased rearward by the spring 16, so that the holding member 19, the grill 17, the locking piece 1
It acts so as to apply an urging force in the closing direction of the door 7 via 8.

When the grill 17 of the oven toaster thus constructed is installed in the heating chamber 2, first, the grill 17 is placed on the slide shaft 15 and moved forward as it is, The sliding shaft 15 is held through the opening 20 to hold the holding member 1
9 is engaged. At this time, the holding member 19 is on the left side 1
By being provided from 7d to the right side 17e, even if the user accidentally engages the left and right pieces 19c and 19d of the holding member with the sliding shaft 15 only on one side, the left and right pieces 19c and 19c of the holding member 19, When either one of 19d is hooked on the sliding shaft 15, the sliding shaft is guided by the front end 19b, and the sliding shaft also enters the other piece of the holding member 19, so that the sliding shaft 15 fits in the normal position of the holding member 19. Become. Therefore, the grill 17 is not installed diagonally. Then, in this state, the grill 17 is pulled out further forward, and the grill front piece 17c is moved to the door 7
It can be installed by engaging with a locking piece 18 provided on the back surface. When the grill 17 is detached, the grill can be easily removed from the heating chamber by performing the operation reverse to the above operation.

FIG. 5 is a view showing another embodiment, in which the holding member 19 is formed of a metal plate bent in a substantially L-shaped cross section. With this configuration, the sliding shaft 15
And the contact portion of the holding member 19 come into surface contact,
Since the biasing force of the spring 16 is not concentrated on a specific portion of the sliding shaft 15 and the force is dispersed over the entire sliding shaft 15, deformation of the sliding shaft 15 can be prevented. Further, since the back surface of the grill 17 can be reinforced by the holding member, the warp of the grill can be prevented.

[0013]

According to the present invention, since the holding member is provided from one side portion to the other side portion of the grill, the holding member does not engage with the sliding shaft only on one side, and therefore the grilling Since the net is prevented from being installed obliquely, a safe and easy-to-handle oven toaster can be obtained with a simple structure.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of an oven toaster according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view seen from the heating chamber side.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view showing a state in which a grill is removed.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a grill.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a main part showing another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 2 heating chamber 7 door 14 slit 15 sliding shaft 17 grilling mesh 18 locking piece 19 holding member

Claims (4)

[Claims] Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A heating chamber for cooking food, a door for opening and closing a front opening of the heating chamber, locking pieces formed on both lower portions of the back of the door, and one end of the locking piece being detachable. And a grill that slides back and forth in the heating chamber in conjunction with the opening and closing of the door, forming arcuate slits on the left and right sidewalls that make up the heating chamber. A sliding shaft having a portion slidably locked is provided, and a holding member that is detachably engaged with the sliding shaft is provided at the other end of the grill, and the sliding shaft is provided together with the grill. In the oven toaster to be moved, the holding member is provided on the back surface of the grill over one side portion to the other side portion of the grill. 2. An elastic member for constantly biasing the sliding shaft rearward is provided, and an opening portion is formed in the holding member toward the front of the grill, and the sliding shaft is inserted and removed from the opening portion. The oven toaster according to claim 1, wherein the oven toaster has a structure that allows the oven toaster. 3. The oven toaster according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is a plate-shaped member having a substantially L-shaped cross section. 4. The oven toaster according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is made of wire.