JPH10179386A - Electric cooker - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable washing of the whole cooker without impressing with its weight by composing a cooking board of two divided cooking boards which form a cooking surface on one face and a heating surface on the other face and by structuring so that each heating face of each divided cooking board is fit separably with a heater between both heating faces. SOLUTION: Separate cooking boards 2, 2' compose one cooking board 17 by overlapping up and down. The upper divided cooking board 2 consists of a cooking board 18 on the upper surface with a number of circular recessed sections 19 being installed for baking octopus-cake (Takoyaki) and heating surface 21 on the lower face. Further, the lower divided cooking board 2' consists of a cooking board face 18 on the lower surface with a number of parallel ribs 22 for roasting meat and a heating surface 21' on the upper face. In each heating surface 21, 21' of each divided cooking board 2, 2' a heater groove 26 having a cross-sectional shape of an upper half or a lower half of the cross-section of a heater 25 is formed and both heating faces 21, 21' are put together closely by engaging the heater groove 26 with the heater 25.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to an electric cooker having a cooking plate heated by a heater such as a hot plate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an electric cooker of this type, a heater is cast inside a cooking plate, and cooking surfaces are provided on both front and back surfaces of the cooking plate. Conventionally, a cooking plate which is used by inverting a cooking plate is known (for example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-1753).
No. 8).

[0003]

The weight of the cooking plate of the electric cooker as described above is approximately 2 in the case of normal single-sided use.
Since it is twice as heavy, it is unavoidable to give the user a heavy feeling when removing it from the cooker body and cleaning it. Further, in order to prevent water from splashing on the electrical components provided with the electrode pins and the like, it is not possible to perform so-called round washing in which the whole is washed with water. For this reason, cleaning must be performed while paying attention so that water does not splash on the electrical components, but it was inevitable that water would actually be sprayed.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electric cooker of a reversible use type which solves the above-mentioned problems of weight and washing.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a heater is provided inside a cooking plate, and cooking surfaces are provided on both front and back surfaces of the cooking plate. In an electric cooker in which a cooking plate is detachably mounted on a cooking device main body, the cooking plate is constituted by two divided cooking plates each having a cooking surface on one surface and a heating surface on the other surface. Each heating surface of the cooking plate was detachably combined, and the heater was interposed between both heating surfaces.

[0006] A temperature controller may be provided at an end of the heater outside the cooking plate (claim 2).

[0007] According to the above configuration, when the cooking plate is washed, it can be separated into each divided cooking plate and can be handled one by one, so that it can be separated from the heater without giving a feeling of weight and can be washed in a round. can do. In addition, by performing the heating cooking together with the two separate cooking plates, a larger heat capacity is secured than in the case of a single plate.

[0008] Further, by performing processing such as inverting the cooking plate according to the type of cooking, replacing the upper and lower divided cooking plates, and replacing with another type of divided cooking plates, various cooking operations are performed. Can be handled.

In addition, if a configuration is adopted in which a handle is provided on each of the divided cooking plates (claim 3), the handle can be used when handling each of the divided cooking plates.

[0010] Each divided cooking plate is separated by a connecting tool.
By adopting a configuration in which the heaters can be connected freely (claim 4), there is no fear that the divided cooking plates and the heater are unexpectedly separated when the whole is lifted, and they can be individually separated as necessary.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electric cooker of this embodiment comprises a cooker main body 1, two divided cooking plates 2, 2 'and a heater set 3.

The cooker body 1 has a rectangular bottom 4 (see FIG. 4) and short side walls 5, 5, 2 provided on two short sides of the bottom 4.
Long side walls 6 and 6 are provided on the long sides and are continuous with the short side walls 5 and 5, and a heat shield plate 7 and legs 8 mounted on the bottom 4.

A fitting recess 11 for the temperature controller 9 of the heater set 3 is provided on the one short side wall 5 over the inner and outer surfaces thereof (see FIG. 1). A small projection 12 is provided on the bottom surface of the fitting recess 11. The small projections 12 serve to push up the movable piece of the safety switch 13 (see FIG. 4) of the temperature controller 9 to turn on the safety switch 13.

Also, fitting recesses 14 are provided in the central portions of both long side walls 6, 6 so as to extend over the inner and outer surfaces thereof. As will be described later, the handles 15, 15 'of each of the divided cooking plates 2, 2' are provided. It is fitted to this. On the inner surfaces of the long side walls 6, 6, cooking plate supporting projections 16, 16 are provided on both sides of the fitting recess 14, respectively.

The above-mentioned divided cooking plates 2, 2 'constitute one cooking plate 17 by being vertically stacked. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper divided cooking plate 2 has a cooking surface 18 for takoyaki on the upper surface and a large number of circular recesses 19.
Are provided, and the lower surface is a heating surface 21. Also, the lower divided cooking plate 2 'has a lower surface serving as a cooking surface 18' for grilled meat, a large number of parallel ribs 22, and an upper surface serving as a heating surface 21 '.

The cooking surface 18 of each of the divided cooking plates 2, 2 ',
A pair of height setting protrusions 2 is provided along each long side on the 18 'side.
3 and 23 are provided, and these projections 23 and 23 are mounted on the cooking plate support projections 16 and 16 of the cooking device main body 1. As shown in FIG. 2A, the height setting protrusions 23, 23
In a state where the heating surfaces 21 and 21 ′ of the two divided cooking plates 2 and 2 ′ are combined with each other, they are formed to have the same height H with respect to the combined surface 24. Thus, regardless of whether the cooking plate 17 is installed facing either side, the mating surface 24
, That is, the position of the heater set 3 interposed between the mating surfaces 24 is maintained at a constant height.

Each heating surface 2 of each of the above-mentioned divided cooking plates 2, 2 '
1, 21 'are formed with heater grooves 26 which match the bent shape of the heater 25 of the heater set 3 and have a cross-sectional shape that is half the cross-sectional shape of the heater 25 in the upper and lower halves. Both ends of the heater groove 26 reach one short side of each of the divided cooking plates 2 and 2 ′ according to the shape of the heater 25, and a temperature sensor groove 27 is formed at an intermediate portion between both ends.

Further, handles 15 and 15 'are provided at the same positions in the middle portions of both long sides of each of the divided cooking plates 2, 2', and the divided cooking plates 2, 2 'are overlapped (FIG. 2 (a)). ) See)
The upper and lower handles 15, 15 'match.

The heater set 3 includes a heater 25 and a temperature controller 9 as shown in FIG. The heater 25 is formed by bending a sheathed heater into a required shape, and both ends thereof are aligned in parallel, connected to the temperature controller 9, and connected to the power cord 33 via the temperature controller 9.

The temperature controller 9 has a temperature sensor 29, a temperature control lever 31, a temperature display section 32, the above-described safety switch 13 (see FIG. 4), and the like. Heat 17

The above-mentioned heater set 3 is arranged such that the heating surfaces 21 and 21 ′ of the divided cooking plates 2 and 2 ′ are opposed to each other,
By fitting the heater grooves 26 of the heaters 1 and 21 'and the heater 25 and bringing the two heating surfaces 21 and 21' into close contact with each other, the heaters 26 are interposed between the split cooking plates 2 and 2 ', and are inserted into the cooking plate 17 inside. Embedded.

As shown in FIG. 2 (c), in a state where the heater 25 is interposed between the two divided cooking plates 2, 2 ', these members are not separated from each other. The upper and lower divided cooking plates 2 and 2 'may be integrated so as to be capable of being separated and joined by a required number of connecting members 35 between the side edges of the cooking plates 2 and 2'.

When the two separate cooking plates 2 and 2 'and the heater set 3 are combined with each other and installed on the cooking device main body 1 as described above, the temperature controller 9 is turned into the fitting recess of the cooking device main body 1. Place 1
The small protrusion 12 on the bottom of the cover 1 activates the safety switch 13 of the temperature controller 9 to enable the heater 25 to be energized. Also, the height setting protrusion 23 of the lower divided cooking plate 2 '
Rests on the cooking plate support projection 16 of the cooker main body 1 to keep the height of the heater 25 constant. Also, the handle 15, 15 '
Rests on the fitting recess 14 on the long side of the cooker body 1.

When the heater 25 is set and energized as described above, the heater 25 causes the upper and lower divided cooking plates 2 and
2 ′ is heated, and desired cooking (in the illustrated case, takoyaki) can be performed on the upper cooking surface 18. At this time, the lower divided cooking plate 2 'has a role of securing heat capacity.

When the type of cooking is to be changed from the above-mentioned state to the grilled meat cooking, the entire cooking plate 17 is removed from the cooking device main body 1 and the upper and lower divided cooking plates 2, Replace 2 '. Then, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the cooking surface 18 ′ of the grilled meat is turned upward.

When the cooking plate 17 is washed after the cooking is completed, the upper and lower two divided cooking plates 2 and
Separate 2 ', wash one by one, and wash as needed.

When performing cooking other than the above-mentioned cooking, for example, okonomiyaki, a divided cooking plate for okonomiyaki is prepared in advance, and any one of the divided cooking plates 2,
Used in combination with 2 '. Of course, these various divided cooking plates are formed so that the shape of the cooking surface is suitable for cooking, but the protective coat on the surface also depends on the type of cooking, for example, a fluororesin coat or a silicon coat. It is good to use properly.

In the above-described embodiment, the temperature controller 9 is attached to the heater set 3. However, as in the other embodiments shown in FIG. The plug 25 is connected to the heater 25 of the heater set 3 '.
4 may be connected. In this case, since the power supply cord 33 is separated from the heater 25, there is no need to provide the safety switch 13 as described above.

According to the other embodiment described above, since the heater set 3 'has no directionality in the vertical direction, the heater 25 is interposed between the upper and lower divided cooking plates 2, 2' and the cooking plate 17 'is kept. Can be reversed. Further, at the time of washing, as in the case described above, the two divided cooking plates 2 and 2 ′ can be separated from the heater 25 and individually washed (round washing).

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, two divided cooking plates can be separated from the heater, so that cleaning and other handling can be performed individually one by one. For this reason, it is possible to wash the whole, and to eliminate the feeling of weight during handling.

Further, by attaching the handle to the above-mentioned divided cooking plate, individual handling is facilitated, and by connecting the two divided cooking plates so as to be able to be separated and connected by a connecting tool, the two divided cooking plates can be overlapped. Easy handling when lifting or turning over.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a cross-sectional view of the same cooking plate. FIG. 2B is a plan view of the same cooking plate.

FIG. 3 is a plan view when the cooking plate is inverted.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a partially exploded perspective view of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cooker main body 2, 2 'Split cooking plate 3, 3' Heater set 4 Bottom 5 Short side wall 6 Long side wall 7 Heat shield plate 8 Leg 9, 9 'Temperature controller 11 Fitting recess 12 Small protrusion 13 Safety switch 14 Fitting recess 15, 15 'Handle 16 Cooking plate support projection 17 Cooking plate 18, 18' Cooking surface 19 Circular recess 21, 21 'Heating surface 22 Parallel rib 23 Height setting projection 24 Mating surface 25 Heater 26 Heater groove 27 Temperature sensor groove 29 Temperature sensor 31 Temperature control lever 32 Temperature display section 33 Power cord 34 Plug receiver 35 Coupler

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Mitsuo Oshima 1-20-5 Tenma, Kita-ku, Osaka Zojirushi Mahobon Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A heater is provided inside a cooking plate,
In an electric cooker in which cooking surfaces are provided on both front and back surfaces of the cooking plate and the cooking plate is detachably mounted on a cooking device main body, the cooking plate has a cooking surface on one surface and a heating surface on another surface. An electric cooker comprising two divided cooking plates, wherein each heating surface of each of the divided cooking plates is detachably combined, and the heater is interposed between both heating surfaces. 2. The electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein a temperature controller is provided at an end of the heater outside the cooking plate. 3. The electric cooker according to claim 1, wherein a handle is provided on each of the divided cooking plates. 4. Each of the divided cooking plates is separated by a connector.
The electric cooker according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the electric cooker is connected so as to be freely coupled.