JPH10211062A - Steamer for display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a steamer which does not spill a condensate from a dew receiver when a door to which a large quantity of condensate sticks is opened on a case body. SOLUTION: This steamer for display is of such a construction that a steam generating part 8 is connected to a case body 1 and a steam generated by the part 8 is supplied into the case body 1. In addition, a freely openable door 4 is connected, with a hinge 7, to the back face of the case body 1. In this case, a trough member is provided across the almost entire length of (u) part at the lower side of the door 4 and is inclined downward toward the lateral edge of the hinge 7 which draws a minimum swing orbit when opening/closing the door 4. Besides, a drain outlet for the trough member is provided on the hinge 7 side end, and at the same time, a dew receiver 12 is installed below the drain outlet in such a manner that the swing orbit of the drain outlet is to be positioned oppositely to the receiving part of the dew receiver 12 during the ON/OFF operation of the door 4.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display steamer for displaying foods such as Chinese steamed bun while steaming.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 10 to 12 show a conventional steamer for a display. The case body 1 of this conventional steamer has large double-glazed windows on the left and right side surfaces 2 and 2 and the front surface 3 so that the food stored therein can be seen from the outside. On the back surface, a door 4 having double glass attached to a door frame 5 is attached by hinges 7. The door 4 is opened and closed by a handle 6. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the seal member 10 is attached to the inner surface of the door frame 5 along the outer periphery of the door frame 5. In addition, below the door 4, a soup receiver 12 is provided. However, the container 12 is spread over the whole like a moat surrounding the case body 1.

Further, a steam generator 8 is provided at a lower portion of the case body 1, and steam is supplied into the case body 1 from a supply port 9 formed on the upper surface of the steam generator 8.
Then, a display tray is installed in the case body 1,
If you put Chinese steamed bun on top of it, you can display it while steaming. However, in FIGS. 10 to 12, the food display tray inside the case main body 1 is omitted.

[0004]

When such a display steamer is used, the case body 1 is naturally filled with steam. Moreover, this case body 1
As the sides are cooled by the outside air, many water droplets adhere to the inside. Water droplets 11 attached to the inner surface 4a of the door 4
Is accumulated on the seal member 10 by sliding down on the inner surface 4a as shown in FIG. At this time, if the sealing member 10 is functioning sufficiently, the water droplet does not leak out. Even if the water droplet 11 leaks out, the outside of the steamer is not flooded because the bowl 12 receives the water droplet.

Further, when the door 4 is opened in a state where water droplets have accumulated on the seal member 10 as described above, the water droplets accumulated on the seal member 10 fall from the door 4 with the force of the opening. Would. However, when the door 4 is opened, most of the door 4 does not face the trap 12. That is, the door 4 is located outside the bowl 12. Therefore, when the door 4 is opened, the drop 11 cannot receive the water drops 11. Therefore, the outside of the steamer is flooded by the water droplets dropped from the door 4 as shown in FIG. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a display steamer in which water droplets do not spill out of the bowl when the door of the case body has many water droplets on the door.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a steam generator and a case body are connected to each other, and the steam generated by the steam generator is supplied into the case body. It assumes a display steamer with a door that can be opened and closed by a hinge. On the premise of the above steamer, the first invention provides a gutter member over substantially the entire length of the lower side portion of the door, and the gutter member moves toward a hinge side end which draws a minimum rotation locus when the door is opened and closed. It is inclined downward. In addition, the outlet of the gutter member is provided at the hinge side end. Also,
A soup receiver is provided below the outlet, and a rotation locus of the outlet when the door is opened and closed faces a receiving portion of the soup receiver.

[0007] Since the first invention is configured as described above, the radius of the rotation locus of the discharge port that moves as the door is opened and closed can be minimized. The fact that the radius of the rotation trajectory of the discharge port can be minimized also makes it possible to reduce the size of the towel itself facing the discharge port. In the first aspect of the invention, the receiving portion of the soup is simply a portion facing the discharge port. For example, even in the case of a flat plate without a special receiving portion, if there is a portion that catches water droplets falling from the outlet when the outlet is rotated, that portion becomes the receiving portion. Conversely, a receiving portion may be provided only at a portion facing the rotation locus of the discharge port, and water droplets received at the receiving portion may be guided to a tank-shaped soup receiver.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a seal member is provided around the inside of the door, and at least the upper surface of the seal member at the lower side of the door has a width, and the upper surface is inclined downward toward the door. The feature is that the upper surface and the inner side surface of the door are combined to form a gutter member. The third invention is characterized in that a seal member is provided around the inside of the door, and a seal member corresponding to a lower side portion of the door is a gutter member. The fourth invention is characterized in that a single sealing member is attached to the inner periphery of the door and the start and end thereof are abutted, while a gap is formed in the abutting portion, and the gap is used as an outlet. Have.

[0009]

1 to 4 show a first embodiment. In the first embodiment, the configuration in which food is displayed in the case main body 1 and steam is supplied from the steam generator 8 is the same as the conventional example. However, the configuration of the door 4 provided on the back of the case body 1 is different from that of the related art. That is, the lower side u of the door frame 5 is entirely inclined toward the hinge 7 as shown in FIG. A seal member 13 is provided around the inside of the frame 5 including the upper side, the left and right sides, and the lower side u of the frame 5.
Is installed. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the frame 5 of the door 4 has the outer plate 5a and the inner plate 5b opposed to each other, and two glass plates are fitted between the two plates 5a and 5b.

The outer plate 5a of the frame 5 as described above
Has its lower edge bent at right angles to the inner plate 5b side, and the inner plate 5b also has its lower edge bent at right angles to the outer plate 5a side, and the bent portions of both plates 5a, 5b are overlapped to provide an interval therebetween. ing. On the other hand, the seal member 13 integrates a hook portion 13a having a hook-shaped cross-section with a rectangular portion 13b having a rectangular cross-section,
The seal member 13 including the hook portion 13a and the rectangular portion 13b keeps a length substantially equal to the periphery of the frame. The sealing member 13 pushes the hook 13a into the gap formed between the bent portions of the outer plate 5a and the inner plate 5b, and hooks the hook 13a on the bent portion of the inner plate 5b. And
By hooking the hook 13a in this manner,
The rectangular portion 13b is made to closely follow the inner plate 5b.

Further, the rectangular portion 13 of the sealing member 13
b and its inner surface, in other words, the lower side u of the door 4
The upper surface of the rectangular portion 13b is inclined downward toward the door frame 5 side. Therefore, the upper surface and the inner plate 5b of the door frame 5 combine to form the V-shaped groove 14 shown in FIG. The V-shaped groove 14 thus formed constitutes the gutter member of the present invention. That is, in the first embodiment, the gutter member of the present invention is constituted by both the seal member 13 at the lower side u and the inner plate 5b. Further, since the seal member 13 at the lower side u is along the lower side u as described above, the V-shaped groove 14 is also inclined downward toward the hinge 7 side. Although the rectangular portion 13b is provided on the seal member 13 in the first embodiment, the cross-sectional shape of the rectangular portion 13b may be circular. Also in this case, since a groove is formed between the circular portion and the inner plate 5b, the groove may be used. Further, this groove is not necessarily a V-shaped groove, and the shape of the groove is not limited as long as it functions as a gutter for receiving water drops and guiding it.

Further, in order to attach the seal member 13 to the door frame 5, first, one end of the seal member 13 is made to extend along the lower side u of the door frame 5, and at this time, as shown in FIG. Is aligned with the edge of the lower side u on the hinge side. After the start end s is made to coincide with the above-described edge, the seal member 13 is caused to make one round inside the door frame 5. Then, the terminal e of the seal member 13 that has made one round is positioned directly above the start s. A small gap is provided at the abutting portion between the start end s and the end e, and this gap is used as the discharge port 15. Note that, as described above, one end of the seal member 13 is referred to as a start end, and the other end is referred to as an end, for convenience only, and does not mean which end is the first end.

The outlet 15 formed as described above
Is located at the lower end u of the door 4 at the end on the hinge 7 side, so that the radius of the rotation locus of the outlet 15 when the door 4 is opened and closed is minimized. Also in the first embodiment, the same catch 12 as the conventional one is provided. However, since the radius of the rotation trajectory of the discharge port 15 is small, even with the same width as the conventional one, the discharge port 15 can be used. Discharged water is reliably received.

Next, the recovery of water droplets when the door 4 is opened will be described. First, the water drops 11 on the inside of the door 4
Hangs down toward the sealing member 13 on the lower side u of the door 4 and accumulates in the V-shaped groove 14. The water accumulated in the V-shaped groove 14 flows along the slope toward the outlet 15 and is discharged therefrom. Since the outlet 15 always faces the soup tray 12, the water discharged from the outlet 15 is reliably received by the soup tray 12. Some of the water droplets received by the soup tray 12 flow into the case body 1 from the seam between the soup tray 12 and the case main body 1 and are returned to the steam generating unit 8 or directly from the soup tray 12. Or evaporate.

As described above, the water droplets adhering to the inside of the door 4 are received by the V-shaped groove 14, flow along the slope of the V-shaped groove 14, and are discharged from the discharge port 15. The water does not remain in the groove 14. Therefore, even if the door 4 is vigorously opened, water attached to the seal member 13 does not fall down as in the related art. Further, since the discharge port 15 always faces the soup tray 12, most of the opened doors 4 are in the soup tray 12.
Even if the seal member 13 is off, the water attached to the seal member 13 does not spill outside. Therefore, when the door 4 is opened and closed, the water does not drop and the surroundings of the steamer are not flooded. In addition, since the discharge path of the discharge port 15 always faces the trap holder 12,
When the door 4 rotates, the discharge port 15 does not come off the towel holder 12. Therefore, in any case, water droplets attached to the door 4 do not fall out of the steamer.

In the first embodiment, since the start end s of the seal member 13 is set downward and the end end e is set upward as described above, the discharge port 15 is connected to the door frame 5 as shown in FIG.
At the final end of the lower side u. In other words, the outlet 15 can be closest to the hinge 7 side, so that the radius of the rotation locus of the outlet 15 can be kept to a minimum. However, the butted portion of the seal member 13 is not limited to the first embodiment, and as shown in FIG. 5, the end e is aligned with the lower side u of the door 4, and the start s is aligned with the end e. An outlet 15 can also be formed. However, in this case, the discharge port 15 has the width w of the seal member 13.
Only the hinge 7 is separated. That is, the turning radius increases accordingly. Further, unlike the first embodiment, a concave portion may be formed on the upper surface of the seal member 13 so that water droplets may be accumulated in the concave portion. In this case, the seal member itself constitutes the gutter member of the present invention. Moreover, it is natural that the concave portion in this case may be a square or an arc.

Further, the receiver 12 according to the first embodiment.
The portion facing the outlet 15 is a receiving portion of the present invention. That is, in the first embodiment, the towel receiving part 12 and the receiving part are integrated. Unlike the first embodiment, the receiving portion of the catch receiver 12 may be specially provided only at the portion facing the outlet 15. Moreover, in this case, the bowl 12 is made into a tank shape,
The water received by the receiving portion may be guided to a tank-shaped soup tray.

The second embodiment shown in FIG. 6 uses a pipe 16 as an outlet. That is, the pipe 16 is provided at the hinge side end of the V-shaped groove 14, and the pipe 16
The water collected in the groove 14 is discharged to the bowl 16 via the through hole. The configuration other than the above is exactly the same as the first embodiment. Due to this, the water droplets accumulated in the soup flow path 14 flow along the slope, and are finally discharged to the soup receiver 12 via the pipe 16. Therefore, even when the door 4 is opened and closed, the pipe 16 does not come off the bowl 12 and does not wet the outside of the bowl 12.

The third embodiment shown in FIG.
Is attached along the door frame 5, and a gutter member 18 having a concave cross section is provided over the entire length of the upper side of the seal member 17 at a portion along the lower side u of the door frame 5. That is, in the third embodiment, the point that the gutter member different from the seal member 17 is specially provided
This is different from the embodiment. A gap similar to that of the first embodiment is provided at the abutting portion of the seal member 17, and this gap is used as the discharge port 15. Therefore, the water droplets 11 flowing through the gutter member 18 are discharged from the discharge port 15 to the tray 12. In the third embodiment, a pipe 16 similar to that of the second embodiment may be used as the discharge port.

In the fourth embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, a cloth-made moisture absorbing member 19 as a gutter member according to the present invention is provided on the sealing member 17 and the end of the moisture absorbing member 19 at the hinge side end is removed. Hanging on the side of the tray 12, the tip is an outlet 19 a. Therefore, when the water droplets on the inner surface 4a of the door slide down, they are sucked into the moisture absorbing member 19, and the water droplets are guided by the moisture absorbing member 19, flow toward the outlet 19a side, and are discharged therefrom to the soup tray 12.

The material of the moisture absorbing member 19 is not limited to cloth as long as it can absorb water droplets like a sponge.
In each of the above embodiments, the lower side u of the door frame 5 is inclined, and the gutter member is formed along the lower side u.
If the gutter member is inclined, there is no need to incline the lower side u. For example, even if the lower side u of the door frame 5 is horizontal, if only the sealing member 13 as in the first embodiment or the gutter member 18 in the third embodiment is inclined downward toward the hinge side, this is the case. Performs the function of discharging water sufficiently.

[0022]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, water droplets adhering to the inner surface of the door are always discharged onto the bowl via the gutter member, so that when the door is opened, the surroundings can get wet. Absent. In the second and third inventions, since the gutter member is formed by using the seal member provided on the inner surface of the door, no separate member is required for providing the gutter member. Therefore, the number of parts and the number of assembling steps can be reduced. In the fourth aspect of the present invention, the gap provided at the abutting portion between the start end and the end of the single seal member is used as the discharge port, so that the gap serving as the discharge port can absorb a dimensional error in the length of the seal member. Also, the attachment is simpler than in the case where one seal member is butted with no gap. Furthermore, one sealing member can be manufactured by extrusion molding, and the cost of parts can be reduced as compared with the case of using a seamlessly formed sealing member without a seam.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a first embodiment.

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

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of the first embodiment is opened.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a discharge port portion.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view of the second embodiment, taken along the line II-II of FIG. 2;
It corresponds to a line sectional view.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the third embodiment, taken along the line II-II of FIG. 2;
It corresponds to a line sectional view.

FIG. 8 is a partially enlarged view showing the inside of a door according to a fourth embodiment. .

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line IX-IX of FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a conventional example.

FIG. 11 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XI-XI of FIG. 10;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a state where a door of a conventional example is opened.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Case main body 4 Door 4a Inner surface 7 Hinge 8 Steam generation part 9 Supply port 12 Detent 13 Seal member 14 V-shaped groove 15 Discharge port 16 Pipe 17 Seal member 18 Gutter member 19 Hygroscopic member 19a Discharge port u Lower side s Start end e Termination

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A door that is connected to a steam generator and a case body to supply steam generated by the steam generator into the case body, and that is connected to a back surface of the case body by a hinge to be openable and closable. In the display steamer provided with, a gutter member is provided over substantially the entire length of the lower side portion of the door, and the gutter member is inclined downward toward a hinge side end that draws a minimum rotation locus when the door is opened and closed, and Providing a discharge port for the gutter member at the hinge side end, and providing a catch under the discharge port,
A steamer for a display, wherein a locus of rotation of an outlet at the time of opening and closing a door is opposed to a receiving portion of a soup. 2. A seal member is provided around the inside of the door, and at least the upper surface of the seal member at the lower side of the door has a width, and the upper surface is inclined downward toward the door, and the upper surface and the door The steamer for a display according to claim 1, wherein the inner surface and the inner surface together form a gutter member. 3. The display steamer according to claim 1, wherein a seal member is provided around the inside of the door, and the seal member corresponding to a lower side portion of the door is a gutter member. 4. A method according to claim 1, wherein one sealing member is attached to the inner periphery of the door, and a start end and an end thereof are abutted, while a gap is formed in the abutting portion, and the gap is used as an outlet. The steamer for a display according to any one of the above.