JPH10229947A - Kitchen knife shield - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent children from pulling a kitchen knife by installing stopping member to stop drawing a head part of the blade of a kitchen knife relating to a product equipped with a kitchen knife holding part which holds the gripper of the kitchen knife in an insertion disabled state at the border of the opening of the kitchen knife hole into which the blade of the kitchen knife is penetrated. SOLUTION: When a kitchen knife 1 is held by a kitchen knife hole 14 of a kitchen knife holding part 13 and attempted to stop drawing, after a sliding actuation body installed on the upper end surface of the holder 2, is actuated slidingly in the open direction and an interlocking board 26 is moved slidingly to a pull stopper release position, the kitchen knife 1 is held by the kitchen knife holding part 13 by inserting into the kitchen knife hole 14 and the sliding actuation body is actuated slidingly in the close direction. In this instance, the interlocking board 26 moves slidingly to the pull stopping position and each stopping member 19 moves rockably to a pull stopping position A1. Thus, the kitchen knife 1 is prevented from pulling by the stopping member 19. In this state, when a rotation operating body is actuated to turn in a locked state, an engagement dent formed on the pull-stopping tubular body installed concentric with the rotation operating body is located in a locked position, the interlocking board 26 and pull stopping members 19 are locked in the pull-stopping position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a kitchen knife stand.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 15, a conventional kitchen knife stand has a kitchen knife hole 92 through which a blade portion 91a of a kitchen knife 91 is inserted. 9
A knife holding portion 94 for holding the knife 1b so as not to be inserted, and a blade portion 91a of the kitchen knife 91 held by the kitchen knife holding portion 94;
Is provided, for example, on the inner surface of a door 96 of a sink.

[0003]

However, in the conventional kitchen knife stand, the kitchen knife 91 held in the kitchen knife holding portion 94 is replaced with the kitchen knife 91.
By holding the grip portion 91b and lifting it upward,
The kitchen knife 91 held by the kitchen knife holding section 94 can be easily detached from the kitchen knife holding section 94, so that even an infant or a child who does not need to use the kitchen knife 91 can take out the kitchen knife 91 held by the kitchen knife holding section 94. There was a problem that could be done.

[0004] In view of the above problems, the present invention is designed to prevent a child or a child who does not need to use a kitchen knife from taking out the kitchen knife held by the kitchen knife holding section.

[0005]

A first technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem has a knife hole 14 through which the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1 is inserted. 15 is a knife holder 1 for holding the grip 1b of the kitchen knife 1 so that it cannot be inserted.
In the kitchen knife stand provided with the kitchen knife 3, a stopper member 19 is provided to prevent the kitchen knife 1 from falling off the base end of the blade portion 1a of the kitchen knife 1 from the kitchen knife hole 14 of the kitchen knife holding portion 13. .

Accordingly, the retaining member 19 allows an infant or a child who does not need to use the kitchen knife 1 to hold the kitchen knife holding portion 1.
3 cannot be taken out. The second technical means is that the retaining member 19 is movably provided at a retaining position A1 where the retaining member 19 protrudes into the kitchen knife hole 14 and a retaining release position B1 where the retaining member 19 retreats with respect to the kitchen knife hole 14. .

Therefore, the kitchen knife 1 can be prevented from coming off from the kitchen knife holding portion 13 by a simple moving operation of the kitchen retaining member 19, and the retaining can be released. The third technical means is:
A kitchen knife stand having a plurality of kitchen knife holders 13 having a kitchen knife hole 14 through which the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1 is inserted and holding the grip 1b of the kitchen knife 1 at the opening edge 15 of the kitchen knife hole 14 so as not to be inserted. In the above, a plurality of retaining members 19 are provided corresponding to each of the kitchen knives 14 so as to prevent the base end of the blade 1a of the kitchen knives 1 from falling out of the kitchen knives 14 of the kitchen knives holding part 13. An interlocking mechanism 25 is provided to move the retaining member 19 of FIG. 2 in a retaining position A1 protruding into the knife hole 14 and a retaining release position B1 retracting from the knife hole 14 in conjunction with each other.

Accordingly, when there are a plurality of kitchen knife holders 13, the plurality of retaining members 19 can be simultaneously moved to the retaining position A1 or the retaining release position B1 in conjunction with each other. The fourth technical means is to move the plurality of retaining members 19 to the retaining position A1 and the retaining release position B1.
The operation body 41 for operating the interlocking mechanism 25 is provided so as to move the operation mechanism 25.

Therefore, by operating the operating body 41, the plurality of retaining members 19 can be easily moved to the retaining position A in conjunction with each other.
1 or the retaining release position B1. A fifth technical means is that the operation body 41 is provided at an upper end portion. Generally, the kitchen knife stand is attached to a position corresponding to the waist height of an adult, for example, on the inner surface of a door of a sink, but since the operating body 41 is located at the upper end portion, the lowering of the operating body 41 is required. It is possible to easily operate the device without having to bend over.

Sixth technical means is the above-mentioned retaining member 19.
Is provided with a locking means 69 for locking the lock at the retaining position A1. Accordingly, the retaining member 19 can be locked at the retaining position A1 by the locking means 69, the retaining member 19 is unexpectedly deviated from the retaining position A1, or the retaining member 19 is moved by the child or the like to the retaining position A1. It can be prevented from being removed from.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 8, the kitchen knife stand includes a holder 2 for holding the kitchen knife 1 and an outer cover 3 for covering the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1. The exterior cover 3 has a front cover 4 and a back cover 5. Holder 2 and exterior cover 3
Is formed in a box shape integrally with a synthetic resin or the like. The front cover 4 of the exterior cover 3 has a front wall and a pair of left and right side walls, and the front cover 4 has a plurality of openings 8. The back cover 5 is attached to the front cover 4 and the holder 2 with screws or the like so as to close the rear opening of the front cover 4 and the holder 2.
Is provided with a lower end opening 9 between the front cover 4 and the back cover 5.

The holder 2 is provided with a plurality (four in the illustrated example) of kitchen knife holders 13 arranged in the left-right direction. Further, a holding recess 12 for holding a sliding operation body 41 described later is provided at the left end of the holder 2. Each of the kitchen knife holders 13 has a kitchen knife hole 14 penetrating the holder 2 up and down, and an opening edge 15 of the kitchen knife hole 14 immersed from the upper surface of the holder 2 holds the grip part 1b of the kitchen knife 1 so as not to be inserted. It is supposed to. When the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1 is inserted into the kitchen hole 14 and the kitchen knife 1 is held in the kitchen knife holding portion 13, the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1 having a normal length is covered with the outer cover 3. It fits. However, the tip of the long kitchen knife 1 such as a sashimi knife or a bread knife is projected downward from the lower end opening 9 of the exterior cover 3.

Each of the kitchen knives 14 is inclined in the front-rear direction with respect to the left-right direction, and when viewed from the front-rear direction, the ends in the left-right direction of adjacent kitchen knives 14 are sequentially overlapped. Therefore, the left and right dimensions of the kitchen knife stand can be reduced in proportion to the number of kitchen knives 1 that can be held by the kitchen knife stand. On the lower surface of the holder 2, as shown in FIG. 4, a protection cylinder 16 protrudes downward from a lower end opening edge of each knife hole 14, and the protection cylinder 16 causes a base end side of the blade 1 a of the kitchen knife 1. Is restricted so that the blade 1a of the kitchen knife 1 held by the kitchen knife holding portion 13 around the inside of the outer cover 3 does not rattle greatly.

A retaining member 19 corresponding to each knife hole 14 is provided.
Are provided. As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, each of the retaining members 19 is pivotally supported by a screw or the like around a vertical axis 20 so that the retaining member 19 can be pivoted around the vertical axis 20. It is movable between a retaining position A protruding into the kitchen knife hole 14 and a retaining release position B1 retracting with respect to the kitchen knife hole 14.

When each of the retaining members 19 swings to the retaining position A as shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the retaining members 19 are accommodated in the holding grooves 21 formed in the middle part of the holder 2 in the up-down direction, and the retaining release positions. When swinging to B1, the retaining member 19
The free end of the member straddles the knife hole 14 and the free end of the retaining member 19 engages with the engaging groove 21 in a detachable manner. The engagement groove 2
2 is formed in the middle part of the holder 2 in the vertical direction,
The swing range of the retaining member 19 is restricted to the retaining position A1.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 5, and 7, an interlocking mechanism 25 that moves the plurality of retaining members 19 in an interlocked manner is provided.
It is provided between the holder 2 and the back cover 5. The interlocking mechanism 25 has an interlocking plate 26, and the interlocking plate 26 is slidably held left and right between a concave portion 27 formed on the rear surface of the holder 2 and a concave portion 28 formed on the upper inner surface of the back cover 5. ing. The range of left and right sliding of the interlocking plate 26 is restricted to a range between a left retaining position A2 and a right retaining release position B2, which will be described later, by the length of the concave portions 27 and 28 in the left and right direction.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the interlocking plate 26 is provided with a plurality of racks 31 corresponding to the respective retaining members 19, and each of the retaining members 19 is provided with a rack 3 of the interlocking plate 26.
1 is formed with a pinion 32 that meshes with the interlocking plate 2.
6 slides to the left retaining position A2, the respective retaining members 19 swing together with each other to the retaining position A1, and the interlocking plate 26 slides to the right retaining release position B2. Accordingly, the retaining members 19 swing to the retaining release position B1 in conjunction with each other.
As shown in FIG. 7, the rack 31 of the interlocking plate 26 and the pinion 32 of the retaining member 19
In the groove 29 between the two.

At the left end of the interlocking plate 26, a regulating piece 35 and an engaging piece 36 cut out from the regulating piece 35 are provided as shown in FIGS. The restricting piece 35 is provided with a restricting hole 37 in the left-right direction and an engaging protrusion 38 protruding forward. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, a sliding operation body 41 is provided at the left end of the holder 2. The sliding operation body 41 has an image 42 and holds the holding recess 1.
2 and is movably held in left and right. Sliding operation body 41
The leg 43 is inserted into an insertion hole 45 formed in the bottom wall 44 of the holding recess 12 and protrudes downward from the holder 2, and the cylindrical body 47 is externally fitted to the leg 43 protruding downward, whereby The leg 43 of the operation body 41 is prevented from coming off from the insertion hole 45. The engaging piece 36 of the interlocking plate 26 is engaged with the leg portion 43 through the cutout concave portion 46, thereby picking up the image 42 of the sliding operation body 41 and sliding the sliding operation body 41 left and right. The interlocking plate 26 can be slid between a left retaining position A2 indicated by a solid line in FIG. 6 and a right retaining release position B2 indicated by a chain line in FIG.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a circular holding recess 51, which is recessed rearward, is provided at the upper left end of the front cover 4, and a circular insertion hole 5 is formed in the center of the rear wall 52 of the holding recess 51.
3 and ten radial locking grooves 5 on the rear surface of the rear wall 52 of the holding recess 51 as shown in FIGS.
4 are provided so as to divide the outer peripheral portion of the rear surface of the rear wall 52 into ten equal parts.

The holding recess 51 is provided with a circular rotating operation body 57 having a photographing 56. Rotating operation body 57
13 and 14, a disc-shaped convex portion 58 protruding forward from the center, a decagonal angular shaft portion 59 protruding forward from the convex portion 58, and a The projection 58 is fitted into the insertion hole 53 of the holding recess 51 as shown in FIG.
9 and the engaging shaft portion 60 are inserted into the insertion holes 53 of the holding concave portion 51 and project rearward from the rear wall 52 of the holding concave portion 51, and the engaging shaft portion 60 is fitted into the fitting concave portion 61 of the back cover 5. As a result, the rotating operation body 57 is held in the holding recess 51 so as to be rotatable around the longitudinal axis.

A retaining cylinder 63 is provided on the rear side of the rear wall 52 of the holding recess 51. This retaining cylinder 63
Has a decagonal square hole 64 corresponding to the square shaft portion 59, a locking concave portion 65, and a pair of outwardly protruding positioning pieces 66, as shown in FIGS. Are provided with radial projections 67. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the retaining cylinder 63 is externally fitted to the angular shaft portion 59 of the rotating operation body 57 via the square hole 64 so as to be relatively non-rotatable.
Thereby, the retaining cylinder 57 rotates around the front-rear axis together with the rotating operation body 57.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the ridge 17 of the positioning piece 66 of the retaining cylinder 63 is engaged with the locking groove 54 of the holding recess 51 so as to be freely detachable. Thereby, the rotation operation body 57 can be positioned together with the retaining cylinder 63 at a rotation position equivalent to 10 in the circumferential direction, that is, at the rotation positions D of 0 to 9 of the rotation operation body 57 shown in FIG. It has become.

The engagement shaft portion 60 of the rotary operation body 57 is inserted into the restriction hole 35 of the interlocking plate 26, so that the left and right sliding range of the interlocking plate 26 is shifted from the left retaining position A2 to the right side. Is within the range of the retaining position B2. That is, as shown by the solid line in FIG. 6, when the interlocking plate 26 slides to the left and the engagement shaft portion 60 is located at the right end of the restriction hole 37, the interlocking plate 26 is located at the retaining position A2. 6, when the interlocking plate 26 slides to the right and the engagement shaft portion 60 is positioned at the left end of the restriction hole 37, the interlocking plate 26
Is located at the retaining position A2.

When the locking recess 65 of the retaining cylinder 63 is positioned on the left side (unlocked position E) as shown in FIG. The protrusion 38 can be inserted into the locking concave portion 65 of the retaining cylinder 63 so that the interlocking plate 26 can slide from the retaining position A2 to the retaining release position B2. When the locking recess 65 of the retaining cylinder 63 is moved to a position (lock position) deviated from the left side (unlock position E) as shown in FIG. The engagement projection 38 of the plate 26 is disengaged from the locking recess 65 of the retaining cylinder 63, and the engagement projection 38 of the interlocking plate 26 contacts the retaining cylinder 63 to prevent the interlocking plate 26 from being disengaged. Can not slide to the retaining release position B2,
The interlocking plate 26 is locked at the retaining position A2, and as a result, each retaining member 19 is also locked at the retaining position A1.

Therefore, the locking means 69 for locking each of the retaining members 19 at the retaining position A1 is provided by the rotating operation body 5.
7. It is constituted by the stopper cylinder 63 and the restriction piece 35 of the interlocking plate 26. In the example shown in FIG.
6, the locking recess 65 is located on the left side (unlocked position E) as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The interlocking plate 26 and each retaining member 19 are in the retaining position A.
1 and A2, but the retaining cylinder 63 is connected to the square shaft 5 of the rotary operating body 57 through the square hole 64.
9, the rotation operation body 57 and the retaining cylinder 63
By changing and adjusting the relative rotation position with respect to the rotation position D, which of the rotation positions D of the rotation operation bodies 0 to 9 is rotated to the lock release position E when the rotation operation body 57 is rotated. It can be arbitrarily selected.

As shown in FIGS. 1, 3 and 4, a sub cover 71 is provided at the lower end of the outer cover 3. The sub-cover 71 covers the distal end of the long kitchen knife 1 protruding downward from the exterior cover 3 and is formed of a synthetic resin or the like into a rectangular tube shape having a front wall, a rear wall, and a pair of left and right side walls. . Engagement concave portions 75 are provided at the upper ends of the front wall rear surface and the rear wall rear surface of the sub cover 71 over the entire length in the left-right direction. On the inner surface of the lower end of the front cover 4 and the back cover 5, an engagement projection 77 is provided over substantially the entire length in the left-right direction. Then, the upper end of the sub-cover 71 is fitted inside the lower end of the outer cover 3, and the engaging concave portion 75 of the sub-cover 71 and the engaging convex portion 77 of the outer cover 3 are engaged with each other. Is slidably held at the lower end of the exterior cover 3 in the left-right direction, and the sub-cover 71 is slid in the left-right direction.
The knife holder 13 can be moved to a position corresponding to the knife holder 13.

The sub cover 71 is configured to be detachable from the outer cover 3. That is, when the sub-cover 71 is detached from the exterior cover 3, the sub-cover 71 is pulled slightly downward with respect to the exterior cover 3.
The engagement between the engagement concave portion 75 and the engagement convex portion 77 can be released by utilizing the elastic deformation of the exterior cover 3.
Can be removed from the exterior cover 3. Also,
When the sub-cover 71 is mounted on the outer cover 3, the lower end of the outer cover 3 is forcibly opened back and forth, and the upper end of the sub-cover 71 is inserted into the lower end of the outer cover 3. The sub cover can be slidably attached to the left and right by engaging the concave portion 75 and the engaging convex portion 77.

According to the above-described embodiment, when the kitchen knife 1 is held by the kitchen knife holding portion 13 to prevent the knife from coming off, the sliding operation body 41 is slid in the opening direction (right), and the interlocking plate 26 is operated. Is slid to the right retaining release position B2, the kitchen knife 1 is inserted into the kitchen knife hole 14 from above and held in the kitchen knife holding portion 13, and then the sliding operation body 41 is slid in the closing direction (left). When the moving operation is performed, the interlocking plate 26 slides to the left retaining position A2, and each retaining member 19 swings to the retaining position A1. As a result, the kitchen knives 1 held by the kitchen knife holders 13 are prevented from coming off by the stopper members 19.

Then, if the rotating operation body 57 is rotated to a lock position (1 to 9 positions) other than the 0 position shown in FIG.
As shown by the chain line in FIG. 4, the locking recess 65 is located at the lock position deviating from the lock release position E, and the interlocking plate 26 and the retaining member 19 are locked at the retaining positions A2 and A1. Further, when taking out the kitchen knife 1 held by the kitchen knife holding portion 13 from the state in which the interlocking plate 26 or each of the retaining members 19 are locked at the retaining positions A2 and A1, first rotate the rotating operation body 57 to the unlocking position. Is rotated to the 0 position.
Then, the locking concave portion 65 rotates from the lock position to the unlock position E, and the interlocking plate 26 is moved to the right retaining release position B on the right side.
2 becomes slidable. Then, when the sliding operation body 41 is slid in the opening direction (right), the interlocking plate 26 slides to the right retaining release position B2, and the retaining members 26 move to the retaining release position B1 in conjunction with each other. Rocks. As a result, the kitchen knife 1 held by the kitchen knife holder 13 can be pulled out from the kitchen knife hole 14 and taken out.

On the other hand, when a long kitchen knife 1 such as a sashimi knife or a bread knife is held in the kitchen knife holder 13, the tip of the long kitchen knife 1 projects downward from the lower end opening 9 of the outer cover 3. However, if the sub cover 71 is slid in the left-right direction and moved to a position corresponding to the kitchen knife holding portion 13, the distal end of the long kitchen knife projecting downward from the lower end opening 9 of the outer cover 3 is attached to the sub cover 71. It can be easily covered by the cover 71. In addition, long kitchen knife 1 such as sashimi knife or bread knife
Is not held by the kitchen knife holder 13, the sub cover 7
1 may be removed from the outer cover 3, so that the unnecessary sub-cover 3 does not interfere.

In the above embodiment, the locking means 1
Although one 9 is provided corresponding to the interlocking plate 26, a plurality of 9 may be provided corresponding to each retaining member 19 instead. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the retaining member 19 is swingable about the vertical axis 20. Alternatively, the retaining member 19 may be configured to be movable back and forth or left and right.

[0032]

According to the present invention, it is not possible to take out the kitchen knife 1 held by the kitchen knife holding portion 13 to an infant or a child who does not need to use the kitchen knife 1.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a kitchen knife stand showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the kitchen knife stand.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the kitchen knife stand.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along the line BB of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a rear view showing a state where the back cover is removed.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is a front view of the back cover.

FIG. 9 is a plan view of the interlocking plate.

FIG. 10 is a front view of the interlocking plate.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the retaining cylinder.

FIG. 12 is a side view of the retaining cylinder.

FIG. 13 is a side view of the rotating operation body.

FIG. 14 is a rear view of the rotating operation body.

FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 kitchen knife 1a blade portion 1b gripping portion 13 kitchen knife holding portion 14 kitchen knife hole 19 retaining member 25 interlocking mechanism 41 sliding operation body 69 locking means

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A knife hole (14) for inserting a blade (1a) of a kitchen knife (1), and an opening edge (1) of the knife hole (14).
5) A kitchen knife stand provided with a kitchen knife holding portion (13) for holding the grip portion (1b) of the kitchen knife (1) so that it cannot be inserted into the kitchen knife (1), wherein the base end of the blade portion (1a) of the kitchen knife (1) is attached to the kitchen knife (1). ) Is provided with a retaining member (19) for preventing the knife holder (13) from falling out of the knife hole (14) of the knife holder (13). 2. A retaining member (19) having a knife hole (14).
The kitchen knife stand according to claim 1, characterized in that the kitchen knife stand is movably provided at a retaining position A1 protruding from the knives, and at a retaining releasing position B1 retreating with respect to the knife hole (14). 3. A kitchen knife (1) having a knife hole (14) through which a blade portion (1a) of the kitchen knife (1) is inserted, and a grip portion (1b) of the kitchen knife (1) at an opening edge (15) of the kitchen knife hole (14). The knife holder (13) for holding the kitchen knife (1) in a plurality of kitchen knife stands is provided. In the kitchen knife stand, the kitchen knife (1) holds the base end of the blade (1a) of the kitchen knife (1). A plurality of retaining members (19) are provided corresponding to each of the kitchen knives (14) so as not to come off from the kitchen knives (14), and a plurality of retaining members (19) are provided.
An interlocking mechanism (25) is provided, which moves the stopper in a locking position A1 protruding into the knife hole (14) and a retaining release position (B1) retracting from the knife hole (14). And a kitchen knife stand. 4. An operation body (41) for operating the interlocking mechanism (25) so as to move the plurality of retaining members (19) to a retaining position A1 and a retaining release position B1. The kitchen knife stand according to claim 3, characterized in that: 5. The kitchen knife stand according to claim 4, wherein the operating body (41) is provided at an upper end. 6. The kitchen knife stand according to claim 1, further comprising a locking means (69) for locking the retaining member (19) at the retaining position A1.